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Rare exoplanet 36 EP

HD 166724 b

RA 273.4989° · Dec -42.5757° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
36 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Long-period world +10
  • Eccentric orbit +9
  • Frozen world +8
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Gas giant +4
Total score 36

14 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Gas giant · +4
  • Frozen world · +8
  • Long-period world · +10
  • Eccentric orbit · +9

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.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 9.3 you'll want a small backyard telescope.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • 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.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 2.6 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

density gcc
3.02
diameter km
165830.6
discovery facility
La Silla Observatory
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2012
dist ly
147.2079
eccentricity
0.734
eq temp k
94.83
host star teff
5127
inclination
68
insolation
0.0105
mag
9.33
mass earth
1207.7479
name
HD 166724 b
orbital period days
5144
radius earth
13
semi major au
5.42
spect
K0 IV-V
sys num planets
1
sys num stars
1

About HD 166724 b

HD 166724 b is a rare exoplanet. It lies about 147.2 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 9.33, has spectral type K0 IV-V and has an equilibrium temperature near 95 K.

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

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 9.33, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HD 166724 b 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 166724 b is a rare exoplanet

HD 166724 b scores 36 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 14 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Frozen world, Long-period world and Eccentric orbit — 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.