Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-1064 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1064, located approximately 222.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.65 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.36 g
  • An orbital period of 12.227 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0943 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 634 K (361 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 222.02 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.326
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,915,373 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-1064

TOI-1064 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-1064 b Sub-Neptune 2.59 13.50 6.444 784 2022
TOI-1064 c this Sub-Neptune 2.65 2.50 12.227 634 2022

TOI-1064 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.65 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.237 R♃
Mass
2.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
0.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.36 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.326
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#945of 1978

top 47.7%

This planet

2.65R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1064 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.362.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0026.800.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2.500 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 79748331

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6683371847364921088

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6683371847364921088

System

TOI-1064

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.651 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1978
Mass 2.500 M⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 12.23 d · percentile 42 / cohort 1946
Distance 68.07 pc · percentile 15 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.326 · percentile 34 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.227 days
Semi-major axis
0.0943 AU
Eccentricity
0.088
Inclination
88.46 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.23 Earth days (3.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0943 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.121 %

Duration

2.370 h

Impact parameter b

0.753

Rp / R★

0.033470

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,043.5129

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,206 ppm lasting ≈ 2.37 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.033470

Impact parameter (b)

0.753

RV semi-amplitude (K)

0.850 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,043.5129

Long. of periastron (ω)

25.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.39000

Eq. Temperature

634K

(361 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

26.80

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.326

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Wilson et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1064

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,734 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.726 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.748 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.600 dex

Stellar density

2.707 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.70 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.633

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
68.07 parsec
Light-years 222.02 ly
V-band magnitude
10.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,915,373 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.112.012.02B10.94V10.65Gaia10.01TESS9.10J8.63H8.47K8.41W18.48W28.41W38.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

14.662 mas

Total Proper Motion

100.950 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.46 mas/yr

PM Declination

-100.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.296 · y = -0.606 · z = -0.738

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.00393° · Dec -47.56203°

Galactic ℓ, b

351.165° · -28.235°

Ecliptic λ, β

289.187° · -25.840°

HTM-20 index

1208440757

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