TOI-700 d

TOI-700 d Image

Description: TOI-700 d is a dense, rocky, near-Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf TOI-700. It is located roughly 101.4 light-years (31.1 pc) away from Earth in the constellation of Dorado and is the outermost of 4 confirmed exoplanets around its star. The exoplanet is the first Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

Physical Properties

Mass (Jupiter mass): Unknown

Radius (Jupiter radius): 0.096 RJ

Density: 5.56 g/cm³

Equilibrium Temperature: 268.8 K

Orbital Parameters

Orbital Period: 37.42396 days

Semi-major Axis: 0.1633 AU

Eccentricity: 0.042

Inclination: 89.8°

Host Star Properties

Host Star: TOI-700

Spectral Type: M2.5 V

Temperature: 3459.0 K

Stellar Mass: 0.42 M

Stellar Radius: 0.42 R

Discovery Information

Planet Letter: d

Object ID: 3.12558

Host ID: 2.104419

Discovery Date: 2020-09

Discovery Year: 2020

Discovery Method: Transit

Discovery Locale: Space

Discovery Facility: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

Discovery Instrument: TESS CCD Array

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