Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

TOI-837 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-837, located approximately 464.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.17 Earth radii
  • A mass of 120.46 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.43 g
  • An orbital period of 8.325 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0888 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 995 K (722 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 464.73 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.159
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,195,569 years

TOI-837 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.17 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.818 R♃
Mass
120.46 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.379 M♃
Density
0.89 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.43 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.159
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

#74of 574

top 12.7%

This planet

9.17R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-837 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.1711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00120.46317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.891.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.432.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00164.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 120.457 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 381.396 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 460205581

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5251470948229949568

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5251470948229949568

System

TOI-837

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.169 R⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 574
Mass 120.457 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 574
Orbital period 8.32 d · percentile 32 / cohort 524
Distance 142.49 pc · percentile 32 / cohort 572
ESI 0.159 · percentile 17 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.325 days
Semi-major axis
0.0888 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.32 Earth days (2.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0888 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.454 %

Duration

1.983 h

Impact parameter b

0.920

Rp / R★

0.079800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,356.8140

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,535 ppm lasting ≈ 1.98 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.079800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.160

Impact parameter (b)

0.920

RV semi-amplitude (K)

34.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,356.8140

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.62300

Eq. Temperature

995K

(722 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

164.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.159

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Bouma et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-837

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

5,995 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.04 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.052 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.142 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.453 dex

Stellar density

1.630 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

17.45 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

16.80 km/s

Rotation period

2.97 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.311

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
142.49 parsec
Light-years 464.73 ly
V-band magnitude
10.64 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,195,569 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.911.111.12B10.64V10.36Gaia9.93TESS9.39J9.11H8.93K8.90W18.88W28.88W38.94W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.989 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.271 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-18.02 mas/yr

PM Declination

11.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.396 · y = 0.168 · z = -0.903

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 157.03728° · Dec -64.50521°

Galactic ℓ, b

288.264° · -5.795°

Ecliptic λ, β

207.344° · -63.500°

HTM-20 index

591364868

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