Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-1136 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1136, located approximately 275.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 4.173 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0511 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,216 K (943 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 275.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.217
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,862,320 years

5 siblings around TOI-1136

TOI-1136 b shares its host star with 5 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-1136 b this Super-Earth 1.90 3.50 4.173 1,216 2022
TOI-1136 c Sub-Neptune 2.88 6.32 6.257 1,062 2022
TOI-1136 d Neptune-like 4.63 8.35 12.520 843 2022
TOI-1136 e Sub-Neptune 2.64 6.07 18.801 737 2022
TOI-1136 f Sub-Neptune 3.74 9.70 26.321 658 2022
TOI-1136 g Sub-Neptune 2.53 5.60 39.545 574 2022

TOI-1136 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.170 R♃
Mass
3.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
2.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.217
HZ Position Unknown
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

#125of 1176

top 10.5%

This planet

1.90R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1136 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.500 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 142276270

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1677343097418015488

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1677343097418015488

System

TOI-1136

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.900 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.500 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.17 d · percentile 33 / cohort 1164
Distance 84.54 pc · percentile 16 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.217 · percentile 16 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.173 days
Semi-major axis
0.0511 AU
Eccentricity
0.027
Inclination
86.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.17 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0511 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

2.070 h

Impact parameter b

0.705

Rp / R★

0.018000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,684.7000

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.290

Impact parameter (b)

0.705

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,684.7000

Long. of periastron (ω)

25.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.60400

Eq. Temperature

1,216K

(943 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.217

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

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

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Dai et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1136

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,770 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.968 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.022 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.470 dex

Stellar density

1.565 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

6.70 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.490

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
84.54 parsec
Light-years 275.72 ly
V-band magnitude
9.53 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,862,320 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.010.210.16B9.53V9.37Gaia8.94TESS8.36J8.09H8.03K7.95W17.99W27.96W38.04W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

11.800 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.214 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.17 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.415 · y = -0.090 · z = 0.905

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 192.18490° · Dec 64.85528°

Galactic ℓ, b

123.400° · 52.271°

Ecliptic λ, β

146.219° · 60.022°

HTM-20 index

1171597118

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