Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-880.02

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-880, located approximately 197.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.19 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.43 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 2.576 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0349 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,085 K (812 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 197.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.240
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,489,472 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-880

TOI-880.02 shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-880.02 this Sub-Neptune 2.19 5.43 2.576 1,085 2024
TOI-880 c Neptune-like 4.95 21.70 6.387 805 2025

TOI-880.02 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.19 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.195 R♃
Mass
5.43 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.017 M♃
Density
2.84 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.240
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1691of 1978

top 85.4%

This planet

2.19R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-880.02 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.43317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.841.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00301.870.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 34077285

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2993658970584498048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2993658970584498048

System

TOI-880

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.190 R⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.430 M⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 2.58 d · percentile 4 / cohort 1946
Distance 60.67 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.240 · percentile 14 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.576 days
Semi-major axis
0.0349 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
87.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.58 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0349 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.074 %

Duration

1.970 h

Impact parameter b

0.350

Rp / R★

0.024170

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,400.6128

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 740 ppm lasting ≈ 1.97 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.024170

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.050

Impact parameter (b)

0.350

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,400.6128

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.57500

Eq. Temperature

1,085K

(812 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

301.87

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.240

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

Hord et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-880

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,050 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.830 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.870 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.23

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.530 dex

Stellar density

2.975 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.57 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
60.67 parsec
Light-years 197.87 ly
V-band magnitude
10.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,489,472 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.711.111.08B10.10V9.84Gaia9.26TESS8.46J8.00H7.95K7.78W17.88W27.82W37.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.454 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.257 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.96 mas/yr

PM Declination

23.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.070 · y = 0.968 · z = -0.242

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 94.16447° · Dec -13.98734°

Galactic ℓ, b

221.717° · -13.932°

Ecliptic λ, β

95.082° · -37.353°

HTM-20 index

402002310

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