Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-5126 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-5126, located approximately 523.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.74 Earth radii
  • A mass of 20.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.90 g
  • An orbital period of 5.459 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0652 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,442 K (1169 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 523.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.127
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,226,629 years

1 sibling around TOI-5126

TOI-5126 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-5126 b this Neptune-like 4.74 20.20 5.459 1,442 2023
TOI-5126 c Sub-Neptune 3.86 14.20 17.900 971 2023

TOI-5126 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.74 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.423 R♃
Mass
20.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.063 M♃
Density
1.04 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.90 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.127
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

#422of 574

top 73.3%

This planet

4.74R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5126 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.7411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0020.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.041.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.902.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00467.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27064468

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 623633615066248576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 623633615066248576

System

TOI-5126

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.740 R⊕ · percentile 26 / cohort 574
Mass 20.200 M⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 574
Orbital period 5.46 d · percentile 23 / cohort 524
Distance 160.41 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 572
ESI 0.127 · percentile 8 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.459 days
Semi-major axis
0.0652 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.79 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.46 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0652 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.123 %

Duration

3.726 h

Impact parameter b

0.240

Rp / R★

0.034980

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,627.0386

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,230 ppm lasting ≈ 3.73 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.034980

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.320

Impact parameter (b)

0.240

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,627.0386

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.40600

Eq. Temperature

1,442K

(1169 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

467.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.127

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Fairnington et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5126

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,150 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.241 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.240 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.224 dex

Stellar density

0.922 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
160.41 parsec
Light-years 523.20 ly
V-band magnitude
10.14 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,226,629 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.310.710.69B10.14V9.94Gaia9.56TESS9.04J8.85H8.78K8.71W18.74W28.68W38.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.206 mas

Total Proper Motion

55.614 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-54.59 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.62 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.834 · y = 0.450 · z = 0.320

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 151.65978° · Dec 18.63406°

Galactic ℓ, b

216.666° · 51.282°

Ecliptic λ, β

147.084° · 6.559°

HTM-20 index

-1006994725

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