Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-332 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-332, located approximately 726.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 57.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.59 g
  • An orbital period of 0.777 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0159 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,871 K (1598 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 726.85 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.111
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,817,914 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-332 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.285 R♃
Mass
57.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.180 M♃
Density
9.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.111
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

#348of 1978

top 17.5%

This planet

3.20R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-332 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0057.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.519.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004,180.320.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 57.200 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 139285832

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6529471108882243840

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6529471108882243840

System

TOI-332

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.200 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1978
Mass 57.200 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 0.78 d · percentile 0 / cohort 1946
Distance 222.85 pc · percentile 30 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.111 · percentile 0 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.777 days
Semi-major axis
0.0159 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 18.6 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0159 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.083 %

Duration

1.520 h

Impact parameter b

0.250

Rp / R★

0.034100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,062.4447

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 830 ppm lasting ≈ 1.52 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.034100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

3.940

Impact parameter (b)

0.250

RV semi-amplitude (K)

43.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,062.4447

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07130

Eq. Temperature

1,871K

(1598 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4,180.32

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.111

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.

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

Osborn et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-332

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,251 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.870 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.880 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.460 dex

Stellar density

1.409 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.50 km/s

Rotation period

35.60 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.831

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
222.85 parsec
Light-years 726.85 ly
V-band magnitude
12.35 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,817,914 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.813.113.10B12.35V12.06Gaia11.53TESS10.78J10.41H10.32K10.27W110.35W210.24W38.80W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.460 mas

Total Proper Motion

51.839 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

35.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

-37.39 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.693 · y = -0.147 · z = -0.706

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 348.05895° · Dec -44.87649°

Galactic ℓ, b

344.545° · -63.411°

Ecliptic λ, β

329.081° · -36.089°

HTM-20 index

-33463847

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