Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-5803 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-5803, located approximately 274.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.27 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 5.383 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 679 K (406 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 274.01 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.335
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,832,204 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5803 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.27 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.292 R♃
Mass
10.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.034 M♃
Density
1.68 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.335
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

#295of 1978

top 14.9%

This planet

3.27R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5803 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.681.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0073.720.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 466382581

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2700166125618717696

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2700166125618717696

System

TOI-5803

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.273 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.700 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.38 d · percentile 14 / cohort 1946
Distance 84.01 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.335 · percentile 37 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.383 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.38 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.108 %

Duration

1.382 h

Impact parameter b

0.349

Rp / R★

0.039300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,802.7103

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,078 ppm lasting ≈ 1.38 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.039300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

28.596

Impact parameter (b)

0.349

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,802.7103

Eq. Temperature

679K

(406 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

73.72

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.335

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-5803

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,134 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.763 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.870 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
84.01 parsec
Light-years 274.01 ly
V-band magnitude
10.66 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,832,204 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.314.514.55U11.52B10.66V10.48Gaia9.94TESS11.26Sloan g10.53Sloan r10.29Sloan i10.59Sloan z9.22J8.80H8.68K8.61W18.68W28.61W38.34W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

11.875 mas

Total Proper Motion

57.513 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

43.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

-37.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.836 · y = -0.538 · z = 0.109

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 327.24875° · Dec 6.27818°

Galactic ℓ, b

63.190° · -34.679°

Ecliptic λ, β

331.710° · 18.315°

HTM-20 index

489177424

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