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Rare exoplanet 41 EP

HD 155918 c

RA 260.5364° · Dec -75.3492° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 6 badges
41 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Long-period world +10
  • Frozen world +8
  • Orbits a Sun-like star +8
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Gas giant +4
Total score 41

9 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Gas giant · +4
  • Frozen world · +8
  • Long-period world · +10
  • Multi-planet system · +6
  • Orbits a Sun-like star · +8

Trivia

What makes it special

  • Frozen world. A deep-frozen world, too far from its star's warmth for anything to stay liquid.

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 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in.
  • Southern sky only. So far south it never rises for most of the northern hemisphere. To see it you'd have to travel to Chile, South Africa or Australia.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around June — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

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

Properties

density gcc
4.92
diameter km
163279.36
discovery facility
Multiple Observatories
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2022
dist ly
89.8919
eccentricity
0.071
eq temp k
77.38
host star teff
5771.84
inclination
31.771
insolation
0.006
mag
7
mass earth
1878.0481
name
HD 155918 c
orbital period days
17202.1945
radius earth
12.8
semi major au
13.183
spect
G2V
sys num planets
2
sys num stars
1

About HD 155918 c

HD 155918 c is a rare exoplanet. It lies about 89.9 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 7, has spectral type G2V and has an equilibrium temperature near 77 K.

A deep-frozen world, too far from its star's warmth for anything to stay liquid.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 7, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 155918 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 155918 c is a rare exoplanet

HD 155918 c scores 41 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 6 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Frozen world, Long-period world, 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.