Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-1670 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-1670, located approximately 548.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.06 Earth radii
  • A mass of 41.32 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 9.74 g
  • An orbital period of 10.985 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1030 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,062 K (789 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 548.16 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.225
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,666,812 years

1 sibling around TOI-1670

TOI-1670 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-1670 b this Sub-Neptune 2.06 41.32 10.985 1,062 2022
TOI-1670 c Gas Giant 11.06 200.23 40.750 684 2022

TOI-1670 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.06 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.184 R♃
Mass
41.32 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.130 M♃
Density
8.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
9.74 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.225
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

#1875of 1978

top 94.7%

This planet

2.06R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1670 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0041.32317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.518.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.009.742.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00196.690.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 41.318 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 441739020

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1651911084230149248

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1651911084230149248

System

TOI-1670

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.060 R⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1978
Mass 41.318 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 10.98 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1946
Distance 168.07 pc · percentile 27 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.225 · percentile 11 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.985 days
Semi-major axis
0.1030 AU
Eccentricity
0.590
Inclination
86.87 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.98 Earth days (3.0% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1030 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.032 %

Duration

2.800 h

Impact parameter b

0.610

Rp / R★

0.014000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,721.9423

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 315 ppm lasting ≈ 2.80 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.880

Impact parameter (b)

0.610

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,721.9423

Long. of periastron (ω)

163.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.61300

Eq. Temperature

1,062K

(789 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

196.69

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.225

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Tran et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1670

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,170 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.53 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.316 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.210 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.290 dex

Stellar density

0.752 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

9.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
168.07 parsec
Light-years 548.16 ly
V-band magnitude
9.89 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,666,812 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.710.410.43B9.89V9.82Gaia9.47TESS8.97J8.75H8.72K8.69W18.70W28.68W39.09W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.921 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.981 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.09 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.15 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.058 · y = -0.301 · z = 0.952

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 259.01725° · Dec 72.16118°

Galactic ℓ, b

103.420° · 32.975°

Ecliptic λ, β

119.595° · 83.214°

HTM-20 index

-1342493751

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