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Rare exoplanet 37 EP

HD 156098 c

RA 259.2647° · Dec -32.6631° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
37 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Its star is visible to the naked eye +12
  • Long-period world +10
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Gas giant +4
Total score 37

13 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Gas giant · +4
  • Long-period world · +10
  • Multi-planet system · +6
  • Its star is visible to the naked eye · +12

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. 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 5.5 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site.
  • 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. ≈ 2.8 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

density gcc
4.35
diameter km
163279.36
discovery facility
Multiple Observatories
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2022
dist ly
157.367
eccentricity
0.391
eq temp k
177.18
host star teff
6419.19
inclination
23.462
insolation
0.1642
mag
5.53
mass earth
1661.6069
name
HD 156098 c
orbital period days
7841.5839
radius earth
12.8
semi major au
8.415
sys num planets
2
sys num stars
1

About HD 156098 c

HD 156098 c is a rare exoplanet. It lies about 157.4 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 5.53, has an equilibrium temperature near 177 K and spans roughly 12.8 Earth radii.

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 5.53, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, HD 156098 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 156098 c is a rare exoplanet

HD 156098 c scores 37 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Long-period world, Multi-planet system and Its star is visible to the naked eye — 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.