Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-733 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-733, located approximately 245.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.99 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.72 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.44 g
  • An orbital period of 4.885 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0618 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,056 K (783 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 245.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.262
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,325,853 years

TOI-733 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.99 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.178 R♃
Mass
5.72 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
3.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.44 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.262
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

#2of 1176

top 0.1%

This planet

1.99R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-733 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.72317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.442.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00207.100.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 5.720 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 106402532

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5392409372314518656

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5392409372314518656

System

TOI-733

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.992 R⊕ · percentile 100 / cohort 1176
Mass 5.720 M⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.88 d · percentile 40 / cohort 1164
Distance 75.21 pc · percentile 15 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.262 · percentile 27 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.885 days
Semi-major axis
0.0618 AU
Eccentricity
0.046
Inclination
88.85 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.88 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0618 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.048 %

Duration

2.610 h

Impact parameter b

0.290

Rp / R★

0.019250

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,545.7767

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 478 ppm lasting ≈ 2.61 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.019250

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.290

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.230 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,545.7767

Long. of periastron (ω)

-53.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.82200

Eq. Temperature

1,056K

(783 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

207.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.262

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

Georgieva et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-733

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,585 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.949 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.956 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.470 dex

Stellar density

1.580 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
75.21 parsec
Light-years 245.30 ly
V-band magnitude
9.44 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,325,853 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.710.210.18B9.44V9.29Gaia8.84TESS8.22J7.94H7.85K7.78W17.85W27.83W37.66W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.267 mas

Total Proper Motion

33.659 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

27.54 mas/yr

PM Declination

19.35 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.708 · y = 0.266 · z = -0.655

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 159.40932° · Dec -40.88826°

Galactic ℓ, b

277.344° · 15.242°

Ecliptic λ, β

181.327° · -44.937°

HTM-20 index

-1606586472

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