Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-1052 c

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-1052, located approximately 423.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.48 Earth radii
  • A mass of 34.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.82 g
  • An orbital period of 35.806 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2263 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 719 K (446 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 423.36 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.233
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,466,016 years

1 sibling around TOI-1052

TOI-1052 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-1052 b Sub-Neptune 2.87 16.90 9.140 1,135 2023
TOI-1052 c this Neptune-like 6.48 34.30 35.806 719 2023

TOI-1052 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.48 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.578 R♃
Mass
34.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.108 M♃
Density
0.69 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.82 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.233
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#241of 574

top 41.8%

This planet

6.48R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1052 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.4811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0034.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.691.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.822.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0039.700.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 34.300 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 212729

TIC

TIC 317060587

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6357524189130820992

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6357524189130820992

System

TOI-1052

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.480 R⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 574
Mass 34.300 M⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 574
Orbital period 35.81 d · percentile 64 / cohort 524
Distance 129.80 pc · percentile 29 / cohort 572
ESI 0.233 · percentile 36 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
35.806 days
Semi-major axis
0.2263 AU
Eccentricity
0.237
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 35.81 Earth days (9.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.2263 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

38.600

RV semi-amplitude (K)

6.110 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,425.1300

Long. of periastron (ω)

-45.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.74000

Eq. Temperature

719K

(446 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

39.70

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.233

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Armstrong et al. 2023

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2023-07

Observation locale

Multiple Locales

Host System: TOI-1052

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,146 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.264 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.204 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

0.494 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

54.95 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

5.00 km/s

Rotation period

12.80 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.320

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
129.80 parsec
Light-years 423.36 ly
V-band magnitude
9.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,466,016 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.910.110.09B9.51V9.40Gaia9.02TESS8.56J8.25H8.25K8.17W18.21W28.18W37.88W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.675 mas

Total Proper Motion

63.357 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-63.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.94 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.229 · y = -0.095 · z = -0.969

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 337.51027° · Dec -75.64656°

Galactic ℓ, b

313.483° · -38.441°

Ecliptic λ, β

295.865° · -58.334°

HTM-20 index

666738892

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