Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-5704 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-5704, located approximately 292.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.23 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 3.771 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 949 K (676 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 292.36 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.239
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,155,706 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5704 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.23 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.288 R♃
Mass
10.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
1.72 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.239
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

#330of 1978

top 16.6%

This planet

3.23R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5704 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.721.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00125.060.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 148673433

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 784983789642216320

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 784983789642216320

System

TOI-5704

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.227 R⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.500 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 3.77 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1946
Distance 89.64 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.239 · percentile 14 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.771 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
88.94 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.77 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.165 %

Duration

2.338 h

Impact parameter b

0.424

Rp / R★

0.038900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,610.7568

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,648 ppm lasting ≈ 2.34 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.038900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.695

Impact parameter (b)

0.424

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,610.7568

Eq. Temperature

949K

(676 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

125.06

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.239

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Mistry et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5704

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,590 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.758 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.730 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.43

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.543 dex

Stellar density

2.368 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
89.64 parsec
Light-years 292.36 ly
V-band magnitude
11.53 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,155,706 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.713.213.17B11.53V11.27Gaia10.61TESS9.72J9.16H9.02K8.95W18.99W28.89W38.74W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

11.127 mas

Total Proper Motion

49.876 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

47.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.696 · y = 0.125 · z = 0.707

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 169.82487° · Dec 44.98908°

Galactic ℓ, b

162.709° · 64.372°

Ecliptic λ, β

150.371° · 36.794°

HTM-20 index

-963198771

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