Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-904 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-904, located approximately 150.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.43 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.46 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 10.877 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0560 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 429 K (156 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 150.32 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.572
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,650,935 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-904

TOI-904 b 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-904 b this Sub-Neptune 2.43 6.46 10.877 429 2023
TOI-904 c Sub-Neptune 2.17 5.34 84.000 217 2023

TOI-904 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.43 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.216 R♃
Mass
6.46 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
2.49 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.572
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1295of 1978

top 65.4%

This planet

2.43R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-904 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.46317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.491.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.008.320.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 261257684

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4620844400530949376

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4620844400530949376

System

TOI-904

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.426 R⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.460 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 10.88 d · percentile 37 / cohort 1946
Distance 46.09 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.572 · percentile 79 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.877 days
Semi-major axis
0.0560 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
88.19 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.88 Earth days (3.0% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0560 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.183 %

Duration

3.650 h

Impact parameter b

0.714

Rp / R★

0.039000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,366.6210

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,827 ppm lasting ≈ 3.65 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.039000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.714

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,366.6210

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.22000

Eq. Temperature

429K

(156 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

8.32

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.572

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Harris et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-904

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,770 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.527 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.557 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.619 dex

Stellar density

5.360 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

17.10 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
46.09 parsec
Light-years 150.32 ly
V-band magnitude
12.59 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,650,935 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.514.114.07B12.59V11.86Gaia10.85TESS9.61J8.94H8.77K8.62W18.58W28.48W38.46W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.668 mas

Total Proper Motion

114.573 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-28.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

110.86 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.001 · y = 0.120 · z = -0.993

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 89.37127° · Dec -83.12973°

Galactic ℓ, b

295.324° · -28.525°

Ecliptic λ, β

270.260° · -73.430°

HTM-20 index

-2077204208

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