Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-1860 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1860, located approximately 149.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.31 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.27 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.32 g
  • An orbital period of 1.066 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0204 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,885 K (1612 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 149.59 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.150
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,637,988 years

TOI-1860 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.31 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.117 R♃
Mass
2.27 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.55 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.150
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

#1072of 1176

top 91.1%

This planet

1.31R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1860 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.27317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.551.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00876.700.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 202426247

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1620024491110370688

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1620024491110370688

System

TOI-1860

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.310 R⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.270 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 1.07 d · percentile 6 / cohort 1164
Distance 45.86 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.150 · percentile 4 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.066 days
Semi-major axis
0.0204 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.07 Earth days (0.3% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0204 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.015 %

Duration

1.142 h

Impact parameter b

0.690

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,683.6041

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 151 ppm lasting ≈ 1.14 h.

Eq. Temperature

1,885K

(1612 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

876.70

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.150

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Giacalone et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1860

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,752 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.13 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.940 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.990 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.580 dex

Stellar density

1.771 g/cm³

Rotation period

4.43 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.252

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
45.86 parsec
Light-years 149.59 ly
V-band magnitude
8.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,637,988 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.69.19.07B8.40V8.23Gaia7.79TESS7.19J6.88H6.79K6.70W16.68W26.73W36.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.775 mas

Total Proper Motion

164.904 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-122.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

110.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.301 · y = -0.317 · z = 0.899

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 226.45673° · Dec 64.04768°

Galactic ℓ, b

102.028° · 47.258°

Ecliptic λ, β

167.534° · 72.016°

HTM-20 index

-2118516842

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