Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2088 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2088, located approximately 412.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.68 Earth radii
  • A mass of 37.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.73 g
  • An orbital period of 124.730 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4720 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 300 K (27 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 412.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.639
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,273,677 years

TOI-2088 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.68 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.329 R♃
Mass
37.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.116 M♃
Density
2.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.73 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.639
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#97of 1978

top 4.9%

This planet

3.68R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2088 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.6811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0037.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.732.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.730.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 37.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 441765914

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1656835487573730048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1656835487573730048

System

TOI-2088

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.683 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1978
Mass 37.000 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 124.73 d · percentile 95 / cohort 1946
Distance 126.46 pc · percentile 24 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.639 · percentile 87 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
124.730 days
Semi-major axis
0.4720 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 124.73 Earth days (34.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4720 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.178 %

Duration

7.362 h

Impact parameter b

0.359

Rp / R★

0.039812

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,769.6066

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,782 ppm lasting ≈ 7.36 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.039812

Impact parameter (b)

0.359

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,769.6066

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

3.73000

Eq. Temperature

300K

(27 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.73

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.639

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Polanski et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2088

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,081 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.848 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.903 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.34

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.533 dex

Stellar density

2.054 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
126.46 parsec
Light-years 412.46 ly
V-band magnitude
11.64 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,273,677 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.812.712.65B11.64V11.48Gaia10.88TESS10.05J9.61H9.52K9.45W19.52W29.44W38.79W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.879 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.037 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-18.93 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.97 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.037 · y = -0.241 · z = 0.970

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 261.37489° · Dec 75.88228°

Galactic ℓ, b

107.503° · 31.448°

Ecliptic λ, β

102.532° · 80.298°

HTM-20 index

-963195588

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