Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-277 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-277, located approximately 210.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.65 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.51 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.07 g
  • An orbital period of 3.994 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0269 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 588 K (315 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 210.92 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.419
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,719,618 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-277 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.65 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.236 R♃
Mass
7.51 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.419
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

#946of 1978

top 47.8%

This planet

2.65R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-277 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.51317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.072.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0028.240.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 439456714

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2353440974955205632

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2353440974955205632

System

TOI-277

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.650 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.510 M⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 3.99 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1946
Distance 64.67 pc · percentile 15 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.419 · percentile 56 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.994 days
Semi-major axis
0.0269 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
88.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.99 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0269 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.580 %

Duration

1.969 h

Impact parameter b

0.360

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,119.8264

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,802 ppm lasting ≈ 1.97 h.

Eq. Temperature

588K

(315 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

28.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.419

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Magliano et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-277

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,031 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.362 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.160 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.580 dex

Stellar density

4.754 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
64.67 parsec
Light-years 210.92 ly
V-band magnitude
13.63 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,719,618 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

9.615.115.10B13.63V12.79Gaia11.73TESS10.40J9.77H9.56K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.435 mas

Total Proper Motion

274.616 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-115.43 mas/yr

PM Declination

-249.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.883 · y = 0.305 · z = -0.358

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 19.07670° · Dec -20.95328°

Galactic ℓ, b

166.842° · -81.615°

Ecliptic λ, β

8.869° · -26.712°

HTM-20 index

-1551907263

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