Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2084 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-2084, located approximately 373.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.47 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.66 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 6.078 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0501 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 527 K (254 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 373.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.476
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,588,584 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-2084 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.47 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.220 R♃
Mass
6.66 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.43 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.476
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

#1226of 1978

top 61.9%

This planet

2.47R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2084 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.66317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.431.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0012.800.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 441738827

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1652137995942479744

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1652137995942479744

System

TOI-2084

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.470 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.660 M⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 6.08 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1946
Distance 114.55 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.476 · percentile 67 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.078 days
Semi-major axis
0.0501 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.15 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.08 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0501 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.195 %

Duration

2.030 h

Impact parameter b

0.336

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,741.0732

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,950 ppm lasting ≈ 2.03 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.660

Impact parameter (b)

0.336

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,741.0732

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.43700

Eq. Temperature

527K

(254 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

12.80

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.476

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Barkaoui et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2084

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,551 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.475 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.453 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.750 dex

Stellar density

5.964 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
114.55 parsec
Light-years 373.61 ly
V-band magnitude
15.12 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,588,584 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.018.718.69U16.67B15.12V14.41Gaia13.33TESS16.08Sloan g14.65Sloan r17.91Sloan i13.24Sloan z11.96J11.36H11.15K11.02W110.93W210.76W39.01W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.701 mas

Total Proper Motion

60.244 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

47.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

36.77 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.055 · y = -0.291 · z = 0.955

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 259.25454° · Dec 72.74702°

Galactic ℓ, b

104.076° · 32.763°

Ecliptic λ, β

116.165° · 82.797°

HTM-20 index

1354594436

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