Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1774.01

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1774, located approximately 176.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.78 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 16.710 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 824 K (551 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 176.04 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.296
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,104,455 years

1 sibling around TOI-1774

TOI-1774.01 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-1774.01 this Sub-Neptune 2.78 8.50 16.710 824 2021
HD 85426 c Sub-Neptune 3.19 10.30 35.730 640 2026

TOI-1774.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.78 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.248 R♃
Mass
8.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.027 M♃
Density
2.17 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.296
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

#768of 1978

top 38.8%

This planet

2.78R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1774.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.171.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0073.760.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 8.500 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 85426

HIP

HIP 48443

TIC

TIC 4897275

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 796063843195758208

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 796063843195758208

System

TOI-1774

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.780 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.500 M⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 16.71 d · percentile 55 / cohort 1946
Distance 53.97 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.296 · percentile 27 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.710 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.050
Inclination
89.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.71 Earth days (4.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.062 %

Duration

5.410 h

Impact parameter b

0.240

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,674.4131

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 615 ppm lasting ≈ 5.41 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

24.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.240

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,674.4131

Long. of periastron (ω)

282.00°

Eq. Temperature

824K

(551 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

73.76

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.296

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

Giacalone et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1774

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,746 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.130 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.991 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.330 dex

Stellar density

0.967 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

25.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.920

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
53.97 parsec
Light-years 176.04 ly
V-band magnitude
8.25 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,104,455 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

6.78.98.91B8.25V8.08Gaia7.65TESS7.06J6.73H6.68K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.499 mas

Total Proper Motion

304.356 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

264.67 mas/yr

PM Declination

-150.27 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.695 · y = 0.432 · z = 0.575

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 148.16193° · Dec 35.11101°

Galactic ℓ, b

189.721° · 51.241°

Ecliptic λ, β

138.043° · 20.858°

HTM-20 index

-1825106223

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