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CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Neptune-like

HD 22946 d

HD 22946 d orbits the star HD 22946, 204.8 light-years from Earth. It completes an orbit in 47.425 Earth days.

DISCOVERED 2023 · Transit

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HD 22946 d
ORBITAL VISUALISATION
Neptune-likePlanet type

Size-based classification; composition may be uncertain.

2.61 × Earth’s radiusSize

Around 161% wider than Earth.

47.425 daysYear length

Time to complete one orbit.

204.8 light-yearsDistance

Its light travels for roughly 205 years to reach us.

2023Discovered

Transit

Overview

HD 22946 d is one of the confirmed worlds in the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Recorded as discovered in 2023. The credited discovery facility is Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Its Transit evidence gives us a way to study a planet that is usually too faint to see directly.

Its recorded radius is 2.61 times Earth's radius. Size is useful for comparison, but it cannot establish surface conditions by itself.

The planet

The archive lists a mass or minimum-mass value of 26.57 Earth masses (Mass). Radius: 2.61 Earth radii.

Mass and radius constrain possible interiors; multiple compositions can fit a given set of measurements.

Orbit & year

A year here lasts 47.425 Earth days. Its recorded semi-major axis is 0.296 AU. One AU is roughly the Earth–Sun distance.

Host star

HD 22946 · F7/F8V.

Effective temperature: 6,169 K.

Mass: 1.1 times the Sun’s mass.

Planetary system

3 confirmed planets are stored for this star.

TOI-411 b · 4.04-day orbit

TOI-411 c · 9.573-day orbit

HD 22946 d · 47.425-day orbit

Discovery

Reported discovery year: 2023. Method: Transit. Facility: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

First stored in this atlas: 04/10/2026. This is an ingestion date, not a confirmation date.

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Potential habitability

The data here does not establish habitability, liquid water, or life. An appropriate atmosphere and many other conditions would be needed.

The listed equilibrium temperature is 546 K. This is an estimated energy-balance temperature, not a measured surface temperature.

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What do we actually know?

Observed

The underlying light, motion or timing signal. Usually not a photograph of the planet.

Measured

Parameters derived from observations, with instrument and model uncertainty.

Calculated

Our light-year conversion and browsing class are calculated from archive values.

Estimated

Equilibrium temperature is an energy-balance estimate, not surface weather.

Inferred

Possible composition depends on models and may not be unique.

Unknown

Surface conditions and the presence of life are not established here.

Measured signals are interpreted through models. The archive’s composite table combines published values and may include calculated estimates. Values do not necessarily form one self-consistent solution.

Radius and mass can be estimated or inferred, orbital period comes from recurring observations, and size classification is calculated by this site. Atmospheric and surface conditions remain unknown unless established by specific observations.

Consult the archive for individual parameter references and uncertainty intervals before scientific use.

Scientific data

Radius2.607 Earth radii
Mass / minimum mass26.57 Earth masses (Mass)
Orbital period47.42489 Earth days
Semi-major axis0.2958 AU
Equilibrium temperature546 K · estimated, not surface temperature
Host star temperature6,169 K
Host star mass1.098 Solar masses
Host star radius1.117 Solar radii
Distance62.7792 parsecs
Discovery year2,023
Discovery methodTransit
Discovery facilityTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Discovery publication2023-06
Stellar spectral typeF7/F8V

Uncertainties and parameter provenance

Archive uncertainty ranges and published references, where available. A missing uncertainty does not imply an exact value.

ParameterUncertainty / source
Radius+0.06 / -0.06Garai et al. 2023
Mass / minimum massUpper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableSource limit flag: 1Garai et al. 2023
Orbital period+0.0001 / -0.00011Garai et al. 2023
Equilibrium temperature+6 / -6Garai et al. 2023

Sources

NASA Exoplanet Archive · Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (PSCompPars).

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Last changed in this atlas: 04/10/2026, 11:39:41. Read our methodology.

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