Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1807 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1807, located approximately 138.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.44 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 0.549 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0122 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,694 K (1421 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 138.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.161
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,448,956 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1807 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.134 R♃
Mass
2.44 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
3.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.161
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

#764of 1176

top 64.9%

This planet

1.50R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1807 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.44317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,407.220.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2.440 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 65469

TIC

TIC 180695581

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1476485996883837184

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1476485996883837184

System

TOI-1807

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.497 R⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.440 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 0.55 d · percentile 1 / cohort 1164
Distance 42.58 pc · percentile 9 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.161 · percentile 6 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.549 days
Semi-major axis
0.0122 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
77.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 13.2 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0122 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.037 %

Duration

0.977 h

Impact parameter b

0.489

Rp / R★

0.018395

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,899.3450

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 370 ppm lasting ≈ 0.98 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018395

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

2.570

Impact parameter (b)

0.489

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.180 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,899.3450

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.28700

Eq. Temperature

1,694K

(1421 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,407.22

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.161

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. 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

Hedges et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1807

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,914 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.746 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.805 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.598 dex

Stellar density

2.717 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-6.84 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.20 km/s

Rotation period

8.80 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.363

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
42.58 parsec
Light-years 138.87 ly
V-band magnitude
10.00 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,448,956 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.411.111.08B10.00V9.68Gaia9.04TESS8.10J7.61H7.57K7.40W17.51W27.45W37.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

23.458 mas

Total Proper Motion

127.683 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-124.71 mas/yr

PM Declination

-27.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.725 · y = -0.282 · z = 0.628

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 201.28263° · Dec 38.92237°

Galactic ℓ, b

94.239° · 76.269°

Ecliptic λ, β

180.721° · 43.531°

HTM-20 index

2100905569

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