Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-913 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-913, located approximately 212.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.45 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 11.099 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 712 K (439 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 212.58 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.359
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,748,819 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-913 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.45 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.219 R♃
Mass
6.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.45 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.359
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

#1257of 1978

top 63.5%

This planet

2.45R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-913 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.451.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0035.240.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 407126408

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5772195974332632192

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5772195974332632192

System

TOI-913

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.453 R⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.590 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 11.10 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1946
Distance 65.18 pc · percentile 15 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.359 · percentile 43 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.099 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.10 Earth days (3.0% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.116 %

Duration

3.246 h

Impact parameter b

0.387

Rp / R★

0.030600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,625.2133

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,159 ppm lasting ≈ 3.25 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.030600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

24.352

Impact parameter (b)

0.387

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,625.2133

Eq. Temperature

712K

(439 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

35.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.359

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

Mistry et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-913

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,969 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.733 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.820 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.622 dex

Stellar density

2.941 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
65.18 parsec
Light-years 212.58 ly
V-band magnitude
10.45 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,748,819 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.211.311.34B10.45V10.19Gaia9.62TESS8.84J8.38H8.27K8.18W18.25W28.19W38.17W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.314 mas

Total Proper Motion

92.515 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-40.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

83.39 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.093 · y = -0.130 · z = -0.987

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 234.57232° · Dec -80.80343°

Galactic ℓ, b

309.435° · -20.117°

Ecliptic λ, β

259.743° · -58.637°

HTM-20 index

-1518142609

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