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Common exoplanet 18 EP

HD 1666 b

RA 5.2180° · Dec -19.9315° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
18 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Eccentric orbit +9
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Gas giant +4
Total score 18

4 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Gas giant · +4
  • Eccentric orbit · +9

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.

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 8.2 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in.
  • 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 September — 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. ≈ 6.8 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 600.5 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

density gcc
5.47
diameter km
162003.74
discovery facility
Multiple Observatories
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2015
dist ly
384.564
eccentricity
0.63
eq temp k
436.47
host star teff
6317
insolation
6.0778
mag
8.17
mass earth
2040
name
HD 1666 b
orbital period days
270
radius earth
12.7
semi major au
0.94
spect
F7 V
sys num planets
1
sys num stars
1

About HD 1666 b

HD 1666 b is a common exoplanet. It lies about 384.6 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 8.17, has spectral type F7 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 436 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 8.17, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 1666 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 1666 b is a common exoplanet

HD 1666 b scores 18 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant 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.