Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023 Habitable Zone

TOI-2134 c

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2134, located approximately 73.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 7.27 Earth radii
  • A mass of 41.89 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.79 g
  • An orbital period of 95.500 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3710 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 306 K (33 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 73.78 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.461
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,301,060 years

1 sibling around TOI-2134

TOI-2134 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-2134 b Sub-Neptune 2.69 9.13 9.229 666 2023
TOI-2134 c this Neptune-like 7.27 41.89 95.500 306 2023

TOI-2134 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
7.27 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.649 R♃
Mass
41.89 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.132 M♃
Density
0.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.79 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.461
HZ Position Habitable
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

#188of 574

top 32.6%

This planet

7.27R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2134 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.007.2711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0041.89317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.792.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.400.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 41.890 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 75878355

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4610267648427698816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4610267648427698816

System

TOI-2134

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 7.270 R⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 574
Mass 41.890 M⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 574
Orbital period 95.50 d · percentile 81 / cohort 524
Distance 22.62 pc · percentile 7 / cohort 572
ESI 0.461 · percentile 83 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
95.500 days
Semi-major axis
0.3710 AU
Eccentricity
0.670
Inclination
89.08 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 95.50 Earth days (26.1% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.3710 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.598 %

Duration

5.267 h

Impact parameter b

0.464

Rp / R★

0.094040

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,718.9694

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,975 ppm lasting ≈ 5.27 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.094040

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

112.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.464

RV semi-amplitude (K)

9.740 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,718.9694

Long. of periastron (ω)

133.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

16.40000

Eq. Temperature

306K

(33 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.461

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rescigno et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2134

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,580 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.709 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.744 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.800 dex

Stellar density

2.947 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

0.78 km/s

Rotation period

45.78 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.830

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
22.62 parsec
Light-years 73.78 ly
V-band magnitude
8.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,301,060 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

6.110.110.13B8.93V8.51Gaia7.79TESS6.78J6.25H6.09K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

44.179 mas

Total Proper Motion

288.225 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

54.37 mas/yr

PM Declination

-283.05 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.026 · y = -0.776 · z = 0.630

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 271.93550° · Dec 39.07293°

Galactic ℓ, b

65.871° · 24.730°

Ecliptic λ, β

273.250° · 62.490°

HTM-20 index

-1975808342

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