Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-4600 c

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 9.42 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,946.27 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 33.20 g
  • An orbital period of 482.819 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1520 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 191 K (-82 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 704.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.285
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,427,024 years

1 sibling around TOI-4600

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

TOI-4600 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.42 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.841 R♃
Mass
2,946.27 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
9.270 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
33.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.285
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

#47of 574

top 8.0%

This planet

9.42R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4600 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.4211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,946.27317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0033.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0048.390.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,946.269 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 9.420 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 574
Mass 2,946.269 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 574
Orbital period 482.82 d · percentile 95 / cohort 524
Distance 216.06 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 572
ESI 0.285 · percentile 47 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
482.819 days
Semi-major axis
1.1520 AU
Eccentricity
0.210
Inclination
89.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.32 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.1520 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.693 %

Duration

11.140 h

Impact parameter b

0.460

Rp / R★

0.106700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,751.6008

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,928 ppm lasting ≈ 11.14 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.106700

Impact parameter (b)

0.460

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,751.6008

Long. of periastron (ω)

142.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

5.33000

Eq. Temperature

191K

(-82 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

48.39

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.285

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — surface water would be frozen.

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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