Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1233.01

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 108236, located approximately 210.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.54 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.08 g
  • An orbital period of 14.176 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1074 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 708 K (435 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 210.69 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.356
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,715,511 years

4 siblings around HD 108236

TOI-1233.01 shares its host star with 4 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 108236 b Super-Earth 1.62 3.24 3.796 1,099 2020
HD 108236 c Sub-Neptune 2.07 4.94 6.203 932 2020
TOI-1233.01 this Sub-Neptune 2.54 6.98 14.176 708 2021
HD 108236 e Sub-Neptune 3.08 9.71 19.590 636 2020
HD 108236 f Sub-Neptune 2.02 4.72 29.541 2021

TOI-1233.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.54 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.227 R♃
Mass
6.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.022 M♃
Density
2.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.356
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1131of 1978

top 57.1%

This planet

2.54R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1233.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0053.880.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 108236

HIP

HIP 60689

TIC

TIC 260647166

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6125644402384918784

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6125644402384918784

System

HD 108236

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.539 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.980 M⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 14.18 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1946
Distance 64.60 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.356 · percentile 42 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.176 days
Semi-major axis
0.1074 AU
Eccentricity
0.055
Inclination
89.06 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.18 Earth days (3.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1074 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.071 %

Duration

3.850 h

Impact parameter b

0.423

Rp / R★

0.028050

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,769.7968

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 705 ppm lasting ≈ 3.85 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028050

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

27.390

Impact parameter (b)

0.423

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,769.7968

Long. of periastron (ω)

151.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.66000

Eq. Temperature

708K

(435 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

53.88

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.356

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

Giacalone et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 108236

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,660 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.877 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.869 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

1.820 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

16.30 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.70 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
64.60 parsec
Light-years 210.69 ly
V-band magnitude
9.25 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,715,511 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.59.99.89B9.25V9.09Gaia8.65TESS8.05J7.70H7.64K7.61W17.67W27.64W37.51W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.452 mas

Total Proper Motion

86.299 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-70.43 mas/yr

PM Declination

-49.87 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.620 · y = -0.071 · z = -0.781

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 186.57406° · Dec -51.36305°

Galactic ℓ, b

298.934° · 11.313°

Ecliptic λ, β

211.240° · -43.490°

HTM-20 index

-10948854

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