Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-3082 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-3082, located approximately 368.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.66 Earth radii
  • A mass of 13.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 1.927 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,033 K (760 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 368.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.207
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,502,250 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-3082 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.66 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.327 R♃
Mass
13.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.041 M♃
Density
1.45 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.207
HZ Position Inner
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

#106of 1978

top 5.3%

This planet

3.66R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3082 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.6611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0013.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.451.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00131.650.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 428699140

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3509135344808097024

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3509135344808097024

System

TOI-3082

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.662 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1978
Mass 13.000 M⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 1.93 d · percentile 2 / cohort 1946
Distance 113.05 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.207 · percentile 8 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.927 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
87.63 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.93 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.226 %

Duration

1.400 h

Impact parameter b

0.355

Rp / R★

0.048900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,309.1199

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,260 ppm lasting ≈ 1.40 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.048900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.519

Impact parameter (b)

0.355

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,309.1199

Eq. Temperature

1,033K

(760 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

131.65

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.207

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Mistry et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-3082

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,263 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.685 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.664 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.625 dex

Stellar density

2.917 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
113.05 parsec
Light-years 368.71 ly
V-band magnitude
12.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,502,250 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.714.314.29B12.93V12.53Gaia11.77TESS10.66J10.04H9.88K9.81W19.88W29.74W38.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.817 mas

Total Proper Motion

127.091 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-123.90 mas/yr

PM Declination

-28.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.908 · y = -0.259 · z = -0.329

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 195.90807° · Dec -19.21898°

Galactic ℓ, b

306.906° · 43.559°

Ecliptic λ, β

202.078° · -11.482°

HTM-20 index

1418770733

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