Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-1470 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-1470, located approximately 169.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.18 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.32 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.54 g
  • An orbital period of 2.527 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0285 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 734 K (461 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 169.44 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.376
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,988,057 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-1470

TOI-1470 b 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-1470 b this Sub-Neptune 2.18 7.32 2.527 734 2023
TOI-1470 c Sub-Neptune 2.47 7.24 18.088 373 2023

TOI-1470 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.18 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.194 R♃
Mass
7.32 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.023 M♃
Density
3.86 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.54 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.376
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1703of 1978

top 86.0%

This planet

2.18R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1470 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.32317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.861.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.542.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0046.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 7.320 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 284441182

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 427224073427887360

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 427224073427887360

System

TOI-1470

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.180 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.320 M⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 2.53 d · percentile 4 / cohort 1946
Distance 51.95 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.376 · percentile 47 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.527 days
Semi-major axis
0.0285 AU
Eccentricity
0.300
Inclination
87.42 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.53 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0285 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.181 %

Duration

1.280 h

Impact parameter b

0.590

Rp / R★

0.042600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,766.4702

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,814 ppm lasting ≈ 1.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.042600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.050

Impact parameter (b)

0.590

RV semi-amplitude (K)

5.670 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,766.4702

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.54900

Eq. Temperature

734K

(461 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

46.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.376

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

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1470

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,709 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.469 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.471 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.770 dex

Stellar density

5.846 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

29.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
51.95 parsec
Light-years 169.44 ly
V-band magnitude
13.46 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,988,057 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.014.914.86B13.46V12.56Gaia11.48TESS10.15J9.51H9.28K9.16W19.09W29.01W39.09W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

19.220 mas

Total Proper Motion

73.832 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

48.58 mas/yr

PM Declination

-55.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.474 · y = 0.084 · z = 0.876

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 10.08914° · Dec 61.21339°

Galactic ℓ, b

121.598° · -1.630°

Ecliptic λ, β

41.938° · 50.403°

HTM-20 index

936677337

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