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Common exoplanet 15 EP

HD 128311 c

RA 219.0032° · Dec 9.7454° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
15 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Gas giant +4
Total score 15

7 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Gas giant · +4
  • Multi-planet system · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • What it is made of. Its density says rock, though lighter than Earth's mix: probably less iron, or a thick shell of water and ice over the top.
  • Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Inside our stellar backyard: every radio broadcast humanity has ever made has already swept past it.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 7.5 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around April — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 935.9 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

density gcc
3.01
diameter km
165830.6
discovery facility
W. M. Keck Observatory
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2005
dist ly
53.2587
eccentricity
0.159
eq temp k
158.23
host star teff
4965
inclination
55.95
insolation
0.1017
mag
7.48
mass earth
1204.2579
name
HD 128311 c
orbital period days
921.538
radius earth
13
semi major au
1.74
spect
K0
sys num planets
2
sys num stars
1

About HD 128311 c

HD 128311 c is a common exoplanet. It lies about 53.3 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 7.48, has spectral type K0 and has an equilibrium temperature near 158 K.

Its density says rock, though lighter than Earth's mix: probably less iron, or a thick shell of water and ice over the top.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 7.48, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 128311 c is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why HD 128311 c is a common exoplanet

HD 128311 c scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant and Multi-planet system — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.