Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-1075 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1075, located approximately 200.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.79 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.95 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.10 g
  • An orbital period of 0.605 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0116 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,323 K (1050 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 200.45 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.192
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,534,986 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1075 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.79 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.160 R♃
Mass
9.95 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.031 M♃
Density
9.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.192
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

#270of 1176

top 22.9%

This planet

1.79R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1075 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.95317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.519.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00509.200.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 9.950 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 351601843

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6426188308031756288

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6426188308031756288

System

TOI-1075

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.791 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1176
Mass 9.950 M⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 0.60 d · percentile 2 / cohort 1164
Distance 61.46 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.192 · percentile 11 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.605 days
Semi-major axis
0.0116 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.67 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 14.5 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0116 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.103 %

Duration

1.040 h

Impact parameter b

0.400

Rp / R★

0.028200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,654.2510

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,028 ppm lasting ≈ 1.04 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.400

RV semi-amplitude (K)

10.950 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,654.2510

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.18900

Eq. Temperature

1,323K

(1050 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

509.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.192

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. 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

Giacalone et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1075

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,875 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.581 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.604 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.690 dex

Stellar density

3.730 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
61.46 parsec
Light-years 200.45 ly
V-band magnitude
12.62 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,534,986 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.814.114.12B12.62V12.05Gaia11.12TESS9.94J9.29H9.12K9.02W19.01W28.90W38.78W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.242 mas

Total Proper Motion

116.368 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-99.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-59.95 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.267 · y = -0.318 · z = -0.910

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 309.97121° · Dec -65.44970°

Galactic ℓ, b

330.017° · -35.682°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.199° · -45.063°

HTM-20 index

-1403288144

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