Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-833 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange TOI-833, located approximately 136.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.27 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.15 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.33 g
  • An orbital period of 1.042 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0171 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,118 K (845 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 136.06 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.274
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,399,335 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-833 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.27 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.113 R♃
Mass
2.15 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.274
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

#1135of 1176

top 96.4%

This planet

1.27R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-833 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.15317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00270.070.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 362249359

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5250780970316845696

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5250780970316845696

System

TOI-833

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.270 R⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.150 M⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 1.04 d · percentile 6 / cohort 1164
Distance 41.71 pc · percentile 9 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.274 · percentile 30 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.042 days
Semi-major axis
0.0171 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.04 Earth days (0.3% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0171 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.047 %

Duration

1.274 h

Impact parameter b

0.310

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,597.2560

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 465 ppm lasting ≈ 1.27 h.

Eq. Temperature

1,118K

(845 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

270.07

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.274

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Giacalone et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-833

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,920 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.600 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.610 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
41.71 parsec
Light-years 136.06 ly
V-band magnitude
11.72 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,399,335 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.814.114.12B11.72V11.08Gaia10.15TESS8.97J8.35H8.15K8.05W18.05W27.98W37.81W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

23.943 mas

Total Proper Motion

176.291 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-157.24 mas/yr

PM Declination

79.72 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.382 · y = 0.261 · z = -0.887

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 145.64547° · Dec -62.47589°

Galactic ℓ, b

282.943° · -7.181°

Ecliptic λ, β

196.563° · -66.545°

HTM-20 index

-737373845

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