Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-544 c

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

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.92 Earth radii
  • A mass of 21.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.89 g
  • An orbital period of 50.089 days
  • Distance from Earth 134.10 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.481
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,364,928 years

1 sibling around TOI-544

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

TOI-544 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.92 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.439 R♃
Mass
21.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.068 M♃
Density
0.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.89 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.481
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#393of 574

top 68.3%

This planet

4.92R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-544 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.9211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0021.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.892.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 21.500 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 290498

TIC

TIC 50618703

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3220926542276901888

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3220926542276901888

System

TOI-544

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.920 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 574
Mass 21.500 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 574
Orbital period 50.09 d · percentile 71 / cohort 524
Distance 41.12 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 572
ESI 0.481 · percentile 87 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
50.089 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.320
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 50.09 Earth days (13.7% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.481

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Osborne et al. 2023

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2023-10

Observation locale

Ground

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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