Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-1694 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1694, located approximately 406.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.34 Earth radii
  • A mass of 31.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 3.770 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0450 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 943 K (670 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 406.65 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.201
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,171,295 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-1694

TOI-1694 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-1694 b this Neptune-like 5.34 31.30 3.770 943 2023
TOI-1694 c Gas Giant 13.80 297.00 393.100 2023

TOI-1694 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.34 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.477 R♃
Mass
31.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.098 M♃
Density
1.13 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.201
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

#335of 574

top 58.2%

This planet

5.34R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1694 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.3411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0031.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.131.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00195.290.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 31.300 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 396740648

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1104269596843209472

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1104269596843209472

System

TOI-1694

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.342 R⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 574
Mass 31.300 M⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 574
Orbital period 3.77 d · percentile 10 / cohort 524
Distance 124.68 pc · percentile 28 / cohort 572
ESI 0.201 · percentile 28 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.770 days
Semi-major axis
0.0450 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.17 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.77 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0450 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.436 %

Duration

2.870 h

Impact parameter b

0.266

Rp / R★

0.060948

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,817.2663

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,361 ppm lasting ≈ 2.87 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.060948

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.206

Impact parameter (b)

0.266

RV semi-amplitude (K)

14.300 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,817.2663

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.36100

Eq. Temperature

943K

(670 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

195.29

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.201

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

Primary reference

Van Zandt et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1694

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,058 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.804 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.853 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.558 dex

Stellar density

2.301 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
124.68 parsec
Light-years 406.65 ly
V-band magnitude
11.45 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,171,295 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.612.212.20B11.45V11.31Gaia10.74TESS9.96J9.47H9.43K9.36W19.43W29.36W38.62W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.992 mas

Total Proper Motion

50.774 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

46.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-20.36 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.054 · y = 0.397 · z = 0.916

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 97.74871° · Dec 66.36060°

Galactic ℓ, b

148.585° · 22.702°

Ecliptic λ, β

94.238° · 43.035°

HTM-20 index

-1848056411

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