This planet was initially reported in a 2011 preprint, which referred to it as HD 20781 b.[1] However, the 2017 paper (published in a journal in 2019) that confirmed the planet designated it HD 20781 d, using the b designation for a different, shorter-period planet.[3]
Properties
Orbit
HD 20781 d takes only 29 days to orbit its host star, classifying it as a hot Neptune. However, its orbit is slightly eccentric, carrying it as close as 0.15 AU and as far as 0.18 AU.[3] HD 20781 d is the second outermost planet in its system after HD 20781 e.
Characteristics
With a minimum mass 10.6 times that of Earth,[3] it is probably a sub-Neptune, a planet that is larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. Due to indirect detection, most of its properties can't be studied such as inclination, density, and temperature. Due to HD 20781 d's mass, it is estimated to be about 3 times larger than Earth.[2]
References
^ abcMayor, M.; Marmier, M.; Lovis, C.; Udry, S.; Ségransan, D.; Pepe, F.; Benz, W.; Bertaux, J.-L.; Bouchy, F.; Dumusque, X.; Curto, G. Lo; Mordasini, C.; Queloz, D.; Santos, N. C. (2011). "The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXIV. Occurrence, mass distribution and orbital properties of super-Earths and Neptune-mass planets". arXiv:1109.2497 [astro-ph.EP].
^ abcBrennan, Pat. "Exoplanet-catalog". Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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