Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-1853 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1853, located approximately 538.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.46 Earth radii
  • A mass of 73.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.11 g
  • An orbital period of 1.244 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0213 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,479 K (1206 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 538.50 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.143
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,496,445 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1853 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.46 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.309 R♃
Mass
73.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.230 M♃
Density
9.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.143
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#193of 1978

top 9.7%

This planet

3.46R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1853 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.4611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0073.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.519.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00435.330.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 73.200 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 73540072

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1233227944114002688

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1233227944114002688

System

TOI-1853

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.460 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1978
Mass 73.200 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 1.24 d · percentile 1 / cohort 1946
Distance 165.11 pc · percentile 26 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.143 · percentile 2 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.244 days
Semi-major axis
0.0213 AU
Eccentricity
0.030
Inclination
84.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.24 Earth days (0.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0213 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.179 %

Duration

1.190 h

Impact parameter b

0.520

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,690.7420

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,790 ppm lasting ≈ 1.19 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Impact parameter (b)

0.520

RV semi-amplitude (K)

48.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,690.7420

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12900

Eq. Temperature

1,479K

(1206 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

435.33

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.143

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

Naponiello et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1853

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,985 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.808 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.837 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

1.953 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.30 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.730

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
165.11 parsec
Light-years 538.50 ly
V-band magnitude
12.18 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,496,445 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.715.515.51U12.87B12.18V11.95Gaia11.37TESS14.98Sloan g11.98Sloan r11.75Sloan i11.85Sloan z10.58J10.18H10.06K10.00W110.06W29.96W38.74W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.028 mas

Total Proper Motion

47.258 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-45.63 mas/yr

PM Declination

-12.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.816 · y = -0.499 · z = 0.292

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 211.45935° · Dec 16.99237°

Galactic ℓ, b

6.263° · 70.041°

Ecliptic λ, β

202.722° · 27.818°

HTM-20 index

1198737197

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