Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2136 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-2136, located approximately 108.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.19 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.37 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.33 g
  • An orbital period of 7.852 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0570 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 395 K (122 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 108.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.649
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,918,966 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-2136 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.19 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.195 R♃
Mass
6.37 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
3.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.649
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1691of 1978

top 85.4%

This planet

2.19R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2136 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.37317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6.370 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 336128819

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2096535783864546944

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2096535783864546944

System

TOI-2136

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.190 R⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.370 M⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 7.85 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1946
Distance 33.36 pc · percentile 9 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.649 · percentile 88 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.852 days
Semi-major axis
0.0570 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.85 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0570 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.387 %

Duration

1.660 h

Impact parameter b

0.350

Rp / R★

0.059100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,017.7043

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,874 ppm lasting ≈ 1.66 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.059100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

35.750

Impact parameter (b)

0.350

RV semi-amplitude (K)

4.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,017.7043

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.71000

Eq. Temperature

395K

(122 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.649

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.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Beard et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2136

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,342 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.340 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.340 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.910 dex

Stellar density

12.200 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-28.80 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

75.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
33.36 parsec
Light-years 108.82 ly
V-band magnitude
14.32 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,918,966 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 10 bands

8.814.314.32V12.96Gaia11.74TESS10.18J9.60H9.34K9.19W19.05W28.92W38.76W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

29.945 mas

Total Proper Motion

180.550 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-33.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

177.36 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.156 · y = -0.788 · z = 0.596

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 281.17634° · Dec 36.56313°

Galactic ℓ, b

65.833° · 17.015°

Ecliptic λ, β

287.759° · 59.315°

HTM-20 index

-252970442

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