Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-4600 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TOI-4600, located approximately 704.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 959.84 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 20.76 g
  • An orbital period of 82.687 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3490 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 347 K (74 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 704.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.417
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,427,024 years

1 sibling around TOI-4600

TOI-4600 b 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-4600 b this Neptune-like 6.80 959.84 82.687 347 2023
TOI-4600 c Neptune-like 9.42 2,946.27 482.819 191 2023

TOI-4600 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.607 R♃
Mass
959.84 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.020 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
20.76 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.417
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

#220of 574

top 38.2%

This planet

6.80R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4600 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00959.84317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0020.762.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.320.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 959.842 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 232608943

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1631416599805196544

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1631416599805196544

System

TOI-4600

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.800 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 574
Mass 959.842 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 574
Orbital period 82.69 d · percentile 78 / cohort 524
Distance 216.06 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 572
ESI 0.417 · percentile 76 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
82.687 days
Semi-major axis
0.3490 AU
Eccentricity
0.250
Inclination
89.76 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 82.69 Earth days (22.6% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.3490 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.653 %

Duration

7.540 h

Impact parameter b

0.390

Rp / R★

0.076900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,750.1421

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,530 ppm lasting ≈ 7.54 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.076900

Impact parameter (b)

0.390

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,750.1421

Long. of periastron (ω)

260.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.62000

Eq. Temperature

347K

(74 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.32

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.417

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Mireles et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4600

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,170 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.810 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

2.360 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
216.06 parsec
Light-years 704.68 ly
V-band magnitude
12.58 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,427,024 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

10.115.715.69U13.49B12.58V12.44Gaia11.88TESS13.56Sloan g12.44Sloan r12.26Sloan i13.54Sloan z11.08J10.66H10.57K10.53W110.59W210.53W310.08W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.600 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.462 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.46 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.086 · y = -0.421 · z = 0.903

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 258.45037° · Dec 64.56617°

Galactic ℓ, b

94.516° · 34.732°

Ecliptic λ, β

197.323° · 84.832°

HTM-20 index

-1253276456

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