Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-5174 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-5174, located approximately 643.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.35 Earth radii
  • A mass of 24.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.87 g
  • An orbital period of 12.214 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 808 K (535 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 643.32 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.227
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,344,945 years

TOI-5174 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.35 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.477 R♃
Mass
24.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.078 M♃
Density
0.89 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.87 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.227
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#333of 574

top 57.8%

This planet

5.35R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5174 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.3511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0024.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.891.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.872.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00100.910.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 49428710

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3793743895297313408

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3793743895297313408

System

TOI-5174

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.351 R⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 574
Mass 24.800 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 574
Orbital period 12.21 d · percentile 41 / cohort 524
Distance 197.24 pc · percentile 39 / cohort 572
ESI 0.227 · percentile 34 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.214 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.21 Earth days (3.3% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.167 %

Duration

4.888 h

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,527.2965

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,670 ppm lasting ≈ 4.89 h.

Eq. Temperature

808K

(535 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

100.91

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.227

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

Mantovan et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5174

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,644 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.095 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.000 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.42

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.360 dex

Stellar density

1.075 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
197.24 parsec
Light-years 643.32 ly
V-band magnitude
11.58 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,344,945 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.814.614.60U14.11B11.58V11.10Gaia10.63TESS11.61Sloan g11.15Sloan r13.65Sloan i13.24Sloan z10.00J9.67H9.60K9.56W19.62W29.65W38.77W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.042 mas

Total Proper Motion

71.117 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

6.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

-70.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.994 · y = 0.103 · z = -0.035

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 174.10950° · Dec -2.02335°

Galactic ℓ, b

268.175° · 55.703°

Ecliptic λ, β

175.392° · -4.197°

HTM-20 index

-1359233275

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