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Uncommon exoplanet 24 EP

HD 1461 c

RA 4.6763° · Dec -8.0536° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
24 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Orbits a Sun-like star +8
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Sub-Neptune +5
Total score 24

10 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Sub-Neptune · +5
  • Multi-planet system · +6
  • Orbits a Sun-like star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Hugging its star. It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.
  • What it is made of. Too light to be solid rock and too heavy to be all gas: most likely a deep global ocean or a thick steamy envelope over a rocky core.
  • 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 6.5 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 September — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

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

Properties

density gcc
2.77
diameter km
28446.326
discovery facility
La Silla Observatory
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2015
dist ly
76.4947
eccentricity
0.305
eq temp k
892.87
host star teff
5765
insolation
99.8365
mag
6.4793
mass earth
5.59
name
HD 1461 c
orbital period days
13.5052
radius earth
2.23
semi major au
0.1117
spect
G0 V
sys num planets
2
sys num stars
1

Nearby objects

About HD 1461 c

HD 1461 c is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 76.5 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 6.48, has spectral type G0 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 893 K.

It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 6.48, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 1461 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 1461 c is an uncommon exoplanet

HD 1461 c scores 24 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Sub-Neptune, Multi-planet system and Orbits a Sun-like star — 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.