Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

TOI-813 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-813, located approximately 858.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.71 Earth radii
  • A mass of 36.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.81 g
  • An orbital period of 83.891 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4230 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 610 K (337 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 858.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.269
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,135,471 years

TOI-813 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.71 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.599 R♃
Mass
36.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.114 M♃
Density
0.66 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.81 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.269
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#224of 574

top 38.9%

This planet

6.71R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-813 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.7111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0036.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.661.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.812.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0023.100.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 55525572

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4665704096987467776

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4665704096987467776

System

TOI-813

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.710 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 574
Mass 36.400 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 574
Orbital period 83.89 d · percentile 78 / cohort 524
Distance 263.15 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 572
ESI 0.269 · percentile 43 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
83.891 days
Semi-major axis
0.4230 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.64 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 83.89 Earth days (23.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4230 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.122 %

Duration

13.160 h

Impact parameter b

0.300

Rp / R★

0.031650

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,370.7836

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,218 ppm lasting ≈ 13.16 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.031650

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

47.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.300

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,370.7836

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-32.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.61000

Eq. Temperature

610K

(337 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

23.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.269

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Eisner et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-813

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,907 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.73 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.940 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.320 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.860 dex

Stellar density

0.254 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

1.19 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

8.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
263.15 parsec
Light-years 858.26 ly
V-band magnitude
10.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,135,471 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.011.011.04B10.36V10.24Gaia9.85TESS10.59Sloan g10.24Sloan r10.09Sloan i9.33J9.05H9.03K8.99W19.03W28.97W39.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.771 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.659 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.73 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.145 · y = 0.464 · z = -0.874

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 72.69401° · Dec -60.90546°

Galactic ℓ, b

270.681° · -38.018°

Ecliptic λ, β

28.438° · -80.532°

HTM-20 index

1695736452

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