Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-712 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-712, located approximately 191.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.76 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 51.699 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2447 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 370 K (97 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 191.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.619
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,371,751 years

2 siblings around TOI-712

TOI-712 c 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-712 b Sub-Neptune 2.05 4.85 9.531 650 2022
TOI-712 c this Sub-Neptune 2.70 7.76 51.699 370 2022
TOI-712 d Sub-Neptune 2.47 6.68 84.840 314 2022

TOI-712 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.241 R♃
Mass
7.76 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.16 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.619
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#864of 1978

top 43.6%

This planet

2.70R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-712 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.76317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.161.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.080.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 150151262

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5284358990266469760

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5284358990266469760

System

TOI-712

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.701 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.760 M⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 51.70 d · percentile 86 / cohort 1946
Distance 58.62 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.619 · percentile 85 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
51.699 days
Semi-major axis
0.2447 AU
Eccentricity
0.089
Inclination
89.78 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 51.70 Earth days (14.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2447 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.135 %

Duration

4.843 h

Impact parameter b

0.280

Rp / R★

0.036690

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,946.3960

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,346 ppm lasting ≈ 4.84 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.036690

Impact parameter (b)

0.280

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,946.3960

Long. of periastron (ω)

115.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

4.17000

Eq. Temperature

370K

(97 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.08

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.619

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Vach et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-712

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,622 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.83 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.674 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.732 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.645 dex

Stellar density

3.360 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

3.16 km/s

Rotation period

12.45 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
58.62 parsec
Light-years 191.20 ly
V-band magnitude
10.84 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,371,751 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.212.112.10B10.84V10.58Gaia9.91TESS8.98J8.41H8.31K8.23W18.29W28.22W38.24W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

17.030 mas

Total Proper Motion

31.141 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.93 mas/yr

PM Declination

31.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.021 · y = 0.409 · z = -0.912

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 92.93611° · Dec -65.82584°

Galactic ℓ, b

275.579° · -28.607°

Ecliptic λ, β

149.544° · -88.606°

HTM-20 index

683509979

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