Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-1759 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-1759, located approximately 130.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 18.850 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1177 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 443 K (170 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 130.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.509
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,304,466 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1759 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.280 R♃
Mass
10.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.034 M♃
Density
1.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.509
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

#400of 1978

top 20.2%

This planet

3.14R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1759 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.006.390.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 10.800 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 408636441

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2216420110788943744

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2216420110788943744

System

TOI-1759

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.140 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.800 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 18.85 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1946
Distance 40.07 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.509 · percentile 72 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.850 days
Semi-major axis
0.1177 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.72 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.85 Earth days (5.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1177 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.261 %

Duration

3.230 h

Impact parameter b

0.210

Rp / R★

0.048300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,745.4654

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,610 ppm lasting ≈ 3.23 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.048300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

36.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.210

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.640 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,745.4654

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.94000

Eq. Temperature

443K

(170 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

6.39

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.509

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

Martioli et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1759

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

4,065 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.597 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.606 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.650 dex

Stellar density

3.949 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

35.65 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
40.07 parsec
Light-years 130.68 ly
V-band magnitude
11.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,304,466 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.613.713.69B11.93V10.84Gaia9.93TESS8.77J8.11H7.93K7.83W17.89W27.79W37.64W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

24.930 mas

Total Proper Motion

173.785 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-173.47 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.46 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.383 · y = -0.250 · z = 0.889

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 326.85166° · Dec 62.75382°

Galactic ℓ, b

103.550° · 7.030°

Ecliptic λ, β

17.917° · 66.243°

HTM-20 index

853988895

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