Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-544 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-544, located approximately 134.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.02 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.89 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.71 g
  • An orbital period of 1.548 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0225 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 999 K (726 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 134.10 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.254
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,364,928 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-544

TOI-544 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-544 b this Sub-Neptune 2.02 2.89 1.548 999 2022
TOI-544 c Neptune-like 4.92 21.50 50.089 2023

TOI-544 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.02 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.180 R♃
Mass
2.89 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
1.93 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.71 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.254
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

#1938of 1978

top 97.9%

This planet

2.02R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-544 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.89317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.931.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.712.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00240.200.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2.890 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 290498

TIC

TIC 50618703

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3220926542276901888

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3220926542276901888

System

TOI-544

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.018 R⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1978
Mass 2.890 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 1.55 d · percentile 1 / cohort 1946
Distance 41.12 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.254 · percentile 17 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.548 days
Semi-major axis
0.0225 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.55 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0225 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.093 %

Duration

1.210 h

Impact parameter b

0.660

Rp / R★

0.029700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,199.0314

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 926 ppm lasting ≈ 1.21 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029700

Impact parameter (b)

0.660

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.170 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,199.0314

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.54700

Eq. Temperature

999K

(726 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

240.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.254

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

Giacalone et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-544

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,169 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.623 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.631 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.680 dex

Stellar density

3.187 g/cm³

Rotation period

19.34 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
41.12 parsec
Light-years 134.10 ly
V-band magnitude
10.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,364,928 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.711.911.89B10.78V10.41Gaia9.65TESS8.59J8.03H7.80K7.73W17.78W27.71W37.65W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

24.292 mas

Total Proper Motion

85.327 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

34.30 mas/yr

PM Declination

-78.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.134 · y = 0.991 · z = -0.006

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 82.29007° · Dec -0.34290°

Galactic ℓ, b

203.539° · -18.386°

Ecliptic λ, β

81.581° · -23.557°

HTM-20 index

-1656622047

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