Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-2076 d

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2076, located approximately 136.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.27 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.68 g
  • An orbital period of 35.128 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1982 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 490 K (217 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 136.69 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.425
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,410,511 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

3 siblings around TOI-2076

TOI-2076 d shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-2076 e Super-Earth 1.30 4.70 3.022 1,110 2025
TOI-2076 b Sub-Neptune 2.59 6.70 10.355 736 2021
TOI-2076 c Sub-Neptune 3.54 7.20 21.014 581 2021
TOI-2076 d this Sub-Neptune 3.27 7.30 35.128 490 2021

TOI-2076 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.27 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.292 R♃
Mass
7.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.023 M♃
Density
1.12 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.68 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.425
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

#297of 1978

top 15.0%

This planet

3.27R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2076 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.121.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.682.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0016.500.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 7.300 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27491137

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1490845584382687232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1490845584382687232

System

TOI-2076

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.270 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.300 M⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 35.13 d · percentile 77 / cohort 1946
Distance 41.91 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.425 · percentile 57 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
35.128 days
Semi-major axis
0.1982 AU
Eccentricity
0.027
Inclination
89.16 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 35.13 Earth days (9.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1982 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.207 %

Duration

3.046 h

Impact parameter b

0.780

Rp / R★

0.038000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,837.9363

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,066 ppm lasting ≈ 3.05 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.038000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

32.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.780

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,837.9363

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

4.73000

Eq. Temperature

490K

(217 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

16.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.425

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.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hedges et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2076

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,187 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.21 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.758 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.849 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.608 dex

Stellar density

2.244 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

5.27 km/s

Rotation period

7.21 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.373

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
41.91 parsec
Light-years 136.69 ly
V-band magnitude
9.14 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,410,511 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.010.010.03B9.14V8.91Gaia8.37TESS7.61J7.19H7.12K7.01W17.13W27.09W37.00W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

23.832 mas

Total Proper Motion

118.433 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-118.23 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.97 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.610 · y = -0.467 · z = 0.640

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 217.39202° · Dec 39.79040°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.106° · 66.056°

Ecliptic λ, β

195.865° · 50.604°

HTM-20 index

655596192

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