Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-532 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TOI-532, located approximately 440.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.82 Earth radii
  • A mass of 61.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.82 g
  • An orbital period of 2.327 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0296 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 867 K (594 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 440.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.229
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,767,580 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-532 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.82 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.519 R♃
Mass
61.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.194 M♃
Density
1.72 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.82 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.229
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#298of 574

top 51.7%

This planet

5.82R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-532 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.8211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0061.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.721.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.822.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0094.100.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 61.500 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 144700903

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3340265717587057536

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3340265717587057536

System

TOI-532

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.820 R⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 574
Mass 61.500 M⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 574
Orbital period 2.33 d · percentile 2 / cohort 524
Distance 135.05 pc · percentile 30 / cohort 572
ESI 0.229 · percentile 35 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.327 days
Semi-major axis
0.0296 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.08 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.33 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0296 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.784 %

Duration

1.750 h

Rp / R★

0.087700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,470.5768

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,845 ppm lasting ≈ 1.75 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.087700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.490

RV semi-amplitude (K)

39.820 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,470.5768

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.21900

Eq. Temperature

867K

(594 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

94.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.229

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

Kanodia et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-532

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,927 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.10 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.612 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.639 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.34

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.669 dex

Stellar density

3.920 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

9.67 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
135.05 parsec
Light-years 440.46 ly
V-band magnitude
14.41 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,767,580 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.515.915.86B14.41V13.66Gaia12.68TESS11.47J10.75H10.59K10.49W110.54W210.44W38.52W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.376 mas

Total Proper Motion

44.695 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

23.37 mas/yr

PM Declination

-38.10 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.084 · y = 0.976 · z = 0.200

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 85.08005° · Dec 11.56264°

Galactic ℓ, b

194.286° · -10.070°

Ecliptic λ, β

85.072° · -11.793°

HTM-20 index

-2032963407

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