Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.91 Earth radii
- A mass of 4.32 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.18 g
- An orbital period of 6.388 days
- Semi-major axis 0.0400 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 349 K (76 °C)
- Distance from Earth 158.12 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.736
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,788,505 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
1 sibling around TOI-2096
TOI-2096 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.
| Planet | Type | Radius (R⊕) | Mass (M⊕) | Period (d) | Eq. T (K) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOI-2096 b | Rocky Terrestrial | 1.24 | 2.08 | 3.119 | 445 | 2023 |
| TOI-2096 c this | Super-Earth | 1.91 | 4.32 | 6.388 | 349 | 2023 |
TOI-2096 c Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#113of 1176
top 9.5%
This planet
1.91R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | TOI-2096 c | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.91 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 4.32 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 3.39 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.18 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 3.70 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 142748283
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 1126422935076082176
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 1126422935076082176
System
TOI-2096
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 6.39 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0400 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.636 %
Duration
1.354 h
Impact parameter b
0.280
Rp / R★
0.074700
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,459,147.4598
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 6,360 ppm lasting ≈ 1.35 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.074700
Impact parameter (b)
0.280
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,459,147.4598
Long. of periastron (ω)
200.00°
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.82500
Eq. Temperature
349K
(76 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
3.70
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.736
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.
Discovery Paper
Primary reference
Pozuelos et al. 2023Instrument
TESS CCD Array
Publication
2023-03
Observation locale
Space
Discovery cohort
Planets confirmed in 2023 at Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) (12 shown).
Host System: TOI-2096
Spectral Class
M-type red dwarf
Effective Temperature
3,300 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.235 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.231 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
-0.03
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
5.050 dex
Stellar density
23.900 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
20.598 mas
Total Proper Motion
79.501 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
-26.04 mas/yr
PM Declination
-75.11 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = -0.230 · y = 0.124 · z = 0.965
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 151.61870° · Dec 74.82721°
Galactic ℓ, b
135.574° · 37.970°
Ecliptic λ, β
114.809° · 56.721°
HTM-20 index
-977591702
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