HD 73583 b
Ice GiantUninhabitable103 light years awayFound 2022
HD 73583 b, from the NASA Exoplanet Archive (found 2022). Measured: 10.2 Earth masses, 0.0604 AU, a 4511 K K-type star. Composition inferred from a measured bulk density of 0.47x Earth's — too light for bare rock, so a large fraction of water and ice, with a day locked to its 6.4-day year, as anything orbiting this close would be.
HD 73583
- Type
- K-type (Orange)
- Spectral type
- K4 V
- Temperature
- 4,511 K
- Radius
- 0.65 ☉
- Mass
- 0.73 ☉
- Known planets
- 2, including this one
- Luminosity
- 0.180 ☉
Published by the NASA Exoplanet Archive. This world’s temperature and habitability score are computed from this star’s measured luminosity, not from a stand-in for its class.
Ice Giant
Magnetic FieldExtreme Activity
Why is this a Ice Giant?Your planet has moderate mass (10.2x Earth) with significant water, carbon, and nitrogen content, characteristic of ice giants.
Ice giants like Uranus and Neptune have icy interiors with thick atmospheres of hydrogen and helium, but not enough to be classified as gas giants.
Classification Criteria:
✓ Mass: 10.2x Earth (5-20x range)✓ Water/Carbon/Nitrogen rich composition
Habitability ScoreUninhabitable
Contributing Factors
temperature5
Scorching - hot enough to melt lead, though rock stays solid; no chance for life
atmosphere30
Hydrogen-rich atmosphere typical of gas giants
water15
No solid surface — any water is locked in a supercritical mantle and hot ice, not oceans
magnetic Field100
Magnetic field provides radiation protection
geology40
Extreme volcanic activity may be hazardous
Organic Chemistry80
Core organic elements (CHNO) present
rotation30
Very slow rotation - extreme temperature swings between eternal day and night sides
Physical Properties
Mass
10.20x Earth (6.09e+25 kg)Radius
2.17x Earth (13,817 km)Surface Gravity
2.17x Earth (21.3 m/s²)Surface Temperature
793 K (520 °C / 968 °F)Rotation Period
153.6 hours/day (slower than Earth)Orbital Environment
Star Type
K-type (Orange)Distance from Star
0.06 AU (9.04 million km)Orbital Period
6 daysTime Dilation
Clocks run 5.4 seconds per year slower than deep space — about 7 minutes over a lifetimeAtmosphere
Hydrogen and helium with water, methane, and ammonia ices
Elemental Composition
O - Oxygen
41.2%
H - Hydrogen
17.6%
Si - Silicon
11.8%



