Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-663 d

A super-earth orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-663, located approximately 209.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.92 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.41 g
  • An orbital period of 7.103 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0576 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 482 K (209 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 209.49 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.575
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,694,402 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around TOI-663

TOI-663 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-663 b Sub-Neptune 2.27 4.45 2.599 674 2024
TOI-663 c Sub-Neptune 2.26 3.65 4.696 553 2024
TOI-663 d this Super-Earth 1.92 5.20 7.103 482 2024

TOI-663 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.92 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.171 R♃
Mass
5.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
4.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.41 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.575
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#102of 1176

top 8.6%

This planet

1.92R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-663 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.412.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0012.900.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 5.200 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 54962195

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3762515188088861184

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3762515188088861184

System

TOI-663

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.920 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1176
Mass 5.200 M⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 7.10 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1164
Distance 64.23 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.575 · percentile 80 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.103 days
Semi-major axis
0.0576 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.60 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.10 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0576 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.132 %

Duration

2.754 h

Impact parameter b

0.170

Rp / R★

0.034500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,547.1125

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,318 ppm lasting ≈ 2.75 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.034500

Impact parameter (b)

0.170

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,547.1125

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.89700

Eq. Temperature

482K

(209 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

12.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.575

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

Cointepas et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-663

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,681 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.512 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.514 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.727 dex

Stellar density

5.347 g/cm³

Rotation period

30.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.810

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
64.23 parsec
Light-years 209.49 ly
V-band magnitude
13.67 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,694,402 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.615.215.24B13.67V12.82Gaia11.76TESS10.45J9.83H9.61K9.46W19.42W29.36W38.64W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.540 mas

Total Proper Motion

164.616 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-142.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

-82.96 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.930 · y = 0.337 · z = -0.148

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 160.06585° · Dec -8.51108°

Galactic ℓ, b

256.572° · 42.254°

Ecliptic λ, β

164.917° · -15.659°

HTM-20 index

-595525992

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