Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2545 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2545, located approximately 349.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.75 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 7.994 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,023 K (750 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 349.37 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.235
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,161,171 years

TOI-2545 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.75 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.245 R♃
Mass
8.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.025 M♃
Density
2.11 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.235
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

#804of 1978

top 40.6%

This planet

2.75R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2545 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.111.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00258.820.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 149845414

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5762607889340459008

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5762607889340459008

System

TOI-2545

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.750 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.000 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 7.99 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1946
Distance 107.12 pc · percentile 21 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.235 · percentile 13 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.994 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.99 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.040 %

Duration

4.271 h

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,522.5140

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 405 ppm lasting ≈ 4.27 h.

Eq. Temperature

1,023K

(750 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

258.82

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.235

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Mantovan et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2545

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,846 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.253 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.055 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.27

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.265 dex

Stellar density

0.756 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
107.12 parsec
Light-years 349.37 ly
V-band magnitude
9.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,161,171 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.810.110.06B9.52V9.29Gaia8.91TESS8.36J8.15H8.06K8.03W18.08W28.05W37.83W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.307 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.676 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.713 · y = 0.699 · z = -0.060

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 135.54580° · Dec -3.42082°

Galactic ℓ, b

232.517° · 26.908°

Ecliptic λ, β

139.076° · -19.440°

HTM-20 index

-673993297

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