Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

TOI-849 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-849, located approximately 736.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.64 Earth radii
  • A mass of 41.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.15 g
  • An orbital period of 0.766 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0155 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,932 K (1659 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 736.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.117
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,983,680 years

TOI-849 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.64 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.325 R♃
Mass
41.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.132 M♃
Density
5.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.117
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

#120of 1978

top 6.0%

This planet

3.64R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-849 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.6411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0041.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,314.060.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 41.800 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 33595516

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5023809953208388352

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5023809953208388352

System

TOI-849

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.640 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1978
Mass 41.800 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 0.77 d · percentile 0 / cohort 1946
Distance 225.73 pc · percentile 30 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.117 · percentile 1 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.766 days
Semi-major axis
0.0155 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 18.4 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0155 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.141 %

Duration

1.570 h

Impact parameter b

0.210

Rp / R★

0.034400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,871.6812

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,410 ppm lasting ≈ 1.57 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.034400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

3.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.210

RV semi-amplitude (K)

29.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,871.6812

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06870

Eq. Temperature

1,932K

(1659 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,314.06

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.117

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

Armstrong et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-849

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,257 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.970 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.480 dex

Stellar density

1.685 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

9.35 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
225.73 parsec
Light-years 736.24 ly
V-band magnitude
11.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,983,680 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.912.812.84B11.98V12.06Gaia11.55TESS10.83J10.48H10.42K10.36W110.43W210.45W38.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.401 mas

Total Proper Motion

76.171 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

73.31 mas/yr

PM Declination

20.66 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.764 · y = 0.418 · z = -0.491

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 28.71580° · Dec -29.42171°

Galactic ℓ, b

225.975° · -75.860°

Ecliptic λ, β

13.862° · -38.110°

HTM-20 index

1716025685

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