Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-5076 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-5076, located approximately 270.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.49 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.15 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.33 g
  • An orbital period of 23.443 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1481 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 550 K (277 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 270.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.415
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,765,736 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5076 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.49 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.311 R♃
Mass
16.15 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.051 M♃
Density
2.08 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.415
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#188of 1978

top 9.5%

This planet

3.49R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5076 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.4911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.15317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.081.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0012.840.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 16.146 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 15683

TIC

TIC 303432813

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 55752218851048320

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 55752218851048320

System

TOI-5076

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.489 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1978
Mass 16.146 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 23.44 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1946
Distance 82.86 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.415 · percentile 55 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
23.443 days
Semi-major axis
0.1481 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.84 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 23.44 Earth days (6.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1481 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.144 %

Duration

4.882 h

Impact parameter b

0.107

Rp / R★

0.037930

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,460,204.0018

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,439 ppm lasting ≈ 4.88 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.037930

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

34.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.107

RV semi-amplitude (K)

4.230 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,204.0018

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.79000

Eq. Temperature

550K

(277 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

12.84

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.415

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Montalto et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5076

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,780 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.844 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.789 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.483 dex

Stellar density

1.857 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

70.28 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.30 km/s

Rotation period

57.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.100

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
82.86 parsec
Light-years 270.24 ly
V-band magnitude
10.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,765,736 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.211.811.83B10.90V10.59Gaia9.99TESS9.16J8.67H8.58K8.52W18.61W28.52W38.24W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.040 mas

Total Proper Motion

243.841 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

168.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

-175.98 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.607 · y = 0.737 · z = 0.296

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 50.51042° · Dec 17.23921°

Galactic ℓ, b

166.723° · -32.538°

Ecliptic λ, β

52.587° · -1.220°

HTM-20 index

1211237330

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