Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1749 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-1749, located approximately 324.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.11 g
  • An orbital period of 4.493 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0443 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 673 K (400 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 324.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.310
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,726,229 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around TOI-1749

TOI-1749 c shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-1749 b Super-Earth 1.39 57.00 2.388 831 2021
TOI-1749 c this Sub-Neptune 2.12 14.00 4.493 673 2021
TOI-1749 d Sub-Neptune 2.52 15.00 9.050 533 2021

TOI-1749 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.189 R♃
Mass
14.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.044 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.310
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

#1782of 1978

top 90.0%

This planet

2.12R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1749 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0036.150.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 14.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 233602827

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2253774094189458432

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2253774094189458432

System

TOI-1749

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.120 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1978
Mass 14.000 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 4.49 d · percentile 10 / cohort 1946
Distance 99.56 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.310 · percentile 31 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.493 days
Semi-major axis
0.0443 AU
Eccentricity
0.019
Inclination
88.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.49 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0443 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.127 %

Duration

1.883 h

Impact parameter b

0.360

Rp / R★

0.035300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,763.3231

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,271 ppm lasting ≈ 1.88 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.035300

Impact parameter (b)

0.360

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,763.3231

Long. of periastron (ω)

-74.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.44500

Eq. Temperature

673K

(400 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

36.15

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.310

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Fukui et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1749

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,985 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.550 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.580 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.700 dex

Stellar density

5.020 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
99.56 parsec
Light-years 324.71 ly
V-band magnitude
13.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,726,229 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.417.016.97U15.15B13.86V13.18Gaia12.26TESS15.93Sloan g13.35Sloan r12.78Sloan i13.70Sloan z11.07J10.45H10.27K10.16W110.14W29.98W39.43W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.016 mas

Total Proper Motion

82.353 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-54.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

61.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.095 · y = -0.421 · z = 0.902

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.73723° · Dec 64.41947°

Galactic ℓ, b

94.645° · 24.337°

Ecliptic λ, β

343.820° · 84.311°

HTM-20 index

1999216972

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