Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-622 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-622, located approximately 402.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.24 Earth radii
  • A mass of 96.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 6.403 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0708 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,388 K (1115 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 402.14 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.097
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,091,748 years

TOI-622 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.24 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.824 R♃
Mass
96.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.303 M♃
Density
0.51 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.097
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

#65of 574

top 11.1%

This planet

9.24R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-622 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.2411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0096.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00602.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 96.302 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 83092282

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5516690878153930240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5516690878153930240

System

TOI-622

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.236 R⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 574
Mass 96.302 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 574
Orbital period 6.40 d · percentile 27 / cohort 524
Distance 123.30 pc · percentile 28 / cohort 572
ESI 0.097 · percentile 3 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.403 days
Semi-major axis
0.0708 AU
Eccentricity
0.420
Inclination
86.62 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.40 Earth days (1.8% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0708 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.382 %

Duration

3.907 h

Impact parameter b

0.629

Rp / R★

0.059890

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,520.6918

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,815 ppm lasting ≈ 3.91 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.059890

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.637

Impact parameter (b)

0.629

RV semi-amplitude (K)

27.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,520.6918

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.57400

Eq. Temperature

1,388K

(1115 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

602.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.097

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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

Psaridi et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-622

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,400 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.415 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.313 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.200 dex

Stellar density

0.452 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

19.00 km/s

Rotation period

3.77 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
123.30 parsec
Light-years 402.14 ly
V-band magnitude
9.00 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,091,748 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.89.59.47B9.00V8.89Gaia8.56TESS8.11J7.93H7.86K7.79W17.86W27.87W37.97W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.082 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.178 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.63 mas/yr

PM Declination

-17.58 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.398 · y = 0.562 · z = -0.725

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 125.30505° · Dec -46.48430°

Galactic ℓ, b

263.186° · -5.549°

Ecliptic λ, β

150.284° · -62.731°

HTM-20 index

-1517065316

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