Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-674 b

A neptune-like orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-674, located approximately 150.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 23.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.86 g
  • An orbital period of 1.977 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0250 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 635 K (362 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 150.31 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.291
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,650,705 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-674 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.468 R♃
Mass
23.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.074 M♃
Density
0.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.86 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.291
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#348of 574

top 60.5%

This planet

5.25R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-674 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0023.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.862.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0038.400.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 23.600 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158588995

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5400949450924312576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5400949450924312576

System

TOI-674

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.250 R⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 574
Mass 23.600 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 574
Orbital period 1.98 d · percentile 1 / cohort 524
Distance 46.09 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 572
ESI 0.291 · percentile 48 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.977 days
Semi-major axis
0.0250 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.21 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.98 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0250 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.388 %

Duration

1.110 h

Impact parameter b

0.624

Rp / R★

0.114000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,641.4046

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,877 ppm lasting ≈ 1.11 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.114000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.624

RV semi-amplitude (K)

21.440 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,641.4046

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.54200

Eq. Temperature

635K

(362 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

38.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.291

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.

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

Murgas et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-674

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,514 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.420 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.420 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.810 dex

Stellar density

10.140 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

13.49 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.40 km/s

Rotation period

52.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
46.09 parsec
Light-years 150.31 ly
V-band magnitude
14.20 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,650,705 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.315.715.74B14.20V13.09Gaia11.88TESS10.36J9.74H9.47K9.35W19.24W29.16W38.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.670 mas

Total Proper Motion

163.313 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-163.27 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.77 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.771 · y = 0.213 · z = -0.600

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 164.58656° · Dec -36.85811°

Galactic ℓ, b

279.030° · 20.710°

Ecliptic λ, β

183.223° · -39.415°

HTM-20 index

193089446

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