Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-286 c

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange TOI-286, located approximately 193.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.88 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.72 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 39.362 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2130 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 475 K (202 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 193.18 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.568
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,406,728 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-286

TOI-286 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-286 b Super-Earth 1.42 4.53 4.512 979 2024
TOI-286 c this Super-Earth 1.88 3.72 39.362 475 2024

TOI-286 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.88 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.168 R♃
Mass
3.72 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.09 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.568
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#153of 1176

top 12.9%

This planet

1.88R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-286 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.72317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.091.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0022.440.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.720 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 150030205

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5482316880495405056

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5482316880495405056

System

TOI-286

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.880 R⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.720 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 39.36 d · percentile 94 / cohort 1164
Distance 59.23 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.568 · percentile 79 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
39.362 days
Semi-major axis
0.2130 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.69 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 39.36 Earth days (10.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2130 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.055 %

Duration

4.970 h

Impact parameter b

0.320

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,460,155.0251

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 552 ppm lasting ≈ 4.97 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Impact parameter (b)

0.320

RV semi-amplitude (K)

0.790 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,155.0251

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

3.60000

Eq. Temperature

475K

(202 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

22.44

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.568

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

Hobson et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-286

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,152 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.780 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.832 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.590 dex

Stellar density

2.426 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

2.58 km/s

Rotation period

36.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.140

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
59.23 parsec
Light-years 193.18 ly
V-band magnitude
9.87 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,406,728 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.810.810.80B9.87V9.65Gaia9.11TESS8.36J7.96H7.85K7.77W17.84W27.79W37.82W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.855 mas

Total Proper Motion

76.143 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

76.06 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.008 · y = 0.490 · z = -0.872

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 90.98428° · Dec -60.66633°

Galactic ℓ, b

269.635° · -29.159°

Ecliptic λ, β

94.684° · -84.090°

HTM-20 index

2006240596

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