Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-4641 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4641, located approximately 281.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 8.18 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,230.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 18.37 g
  • An orbital period of 22.093 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1730 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 950 K (677 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 281.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.116
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,966,651 years

TOI-4641 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
8.18 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.730 R♃
Mass
1,230.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.870 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
18.37 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.116
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

#143of 574

top 24.7%

This planet

8.18R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4641 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.008.1811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,230.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0018.372.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00192.580.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,229.996 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 13224

TIC

TIC 436873727

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 114340658009875072

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 114340658009875072

System

TOI-4641

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 8.183 R⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 574
Mass 1,229.996 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 574
Orbital period 22.09 d · percentile 54 / cohort 524
Distance 86.35 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 572
ESI 0.116 · percentile 5 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
22.093 days
Semi-major axis
0.1730 AU
Eccentricity
0.074
Inclination
87.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 22.09 Earth days (6.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1730 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.263 %

Duration

5.438 h

Impact parameter b

0.780

Rp / R★

0.042000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,510.8276

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,634 ppm lasting ≈ 5.44 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.042000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

21.530

Impact parameter (b)

0.780

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,510.8276

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

1.41°

True obliquity (ψ)

2.40°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.00000

Eq. Temperature

950K

(677 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

192.58

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.116

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Bieryla et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4641

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,560 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.69 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.720 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.410 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.110 dex

Stellar density

0.381 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

86.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
86.35 parsec
Light-years 281.64 ly
V-band magnitude
7.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,966,651 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.47.97.90B7.51V7.41Gaia7.13TESS6.75J6.64H6.58K6.55W16.53W26.59W36.43W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

11.552 mas

Total Proper Motion

64.696 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

61.56 mas/yr

PM Declination

-19.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.666 · y = 0.611 · z = 0.428

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 42.55820° · Dec 25.33353°

Galactic ℓ, b

154.152° · -30.240°

Ecliptic λ, β

47.673° · 8.593°

HTM-20 index

607763432

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