Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-1710 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1710, located approximately 264.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 22.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.83 g
  • An orbital period of 24.283 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1660 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 603 K (330 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 264.93 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.303
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,671,988 years

TOI-1710 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.464 R♃
Mass
22.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.070 M♃
Density
0.87 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.83 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.303
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

#358of 574

top 62.2%

This planet

5.20R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1710 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0022.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.871.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.832.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0033.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 22.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 445805961

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1116613161053977472

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1116613161053977472

System

TOI-1710

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.203 R⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 574
Mass 22.400 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 574
Orbital period 24.28 d · percentile 55 / cohort 524
Distance 81.23 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 572
ESI 0.303 · percentile 50 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
24.283 days
Semi-major axis
0.1660 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 24.28 Earth days (6.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1660 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.284 %

Duration

5.255 h

Impact parameter b

0.135

Rp / R★

0.049823

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,836.9629

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,844 ppm lasting ≈ 5.26 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.049823

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

30.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.135

RV semi-amplitude (K)

4.870 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,836.9629

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.04000

Eq. Temperature

603K

(330 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

33.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.303

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

K Ouml Nig et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1710

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,684 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.957 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.026 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.486 dex

Stellar density

1.636 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-39.40 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.30 km/s

Rotation period

22.50 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.786

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
81.23 parsec
Light-years 264.93 ly
V-band magnitude
9.55 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,671,988 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.910.210.20B9.55V9.36Gaia8.91TESS8.32J8.00H7.96K7.88W17.94W27.92W38.00W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.282 mas

Total Proper Motion

81.688 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

59.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

55.61 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.018 · y = 0.238 · z = 0.971

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 94.28384° · Dec 76.21102°

Galactic ℓ, b

137.916° · 24.281°

Ecliptic λ, β

91.683° · 52.797°

HTM-20 index

-280375269

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