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Rare exoplanet 35 EP

TOI-244 b

RA 10.5698° · Dec -36.7180° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
35 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Tidally locked +10
  • Super-Earth +8
  • Orbits a red dwarf +8
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Found by TESS +4
Total score 35

15 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Super-Earth · +8
  • Tidally locked · +10
  • Found by TESS · +4
  • Orbits a red dwarf · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Hugging its star. It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.
  • What it is made of. Its density says rock, though lighter than Earth's mix: probably less iron, or a thick shell of water and ice over the top.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Inside our stellar backyard: every radio broadcast humanity has ever made has already swept past it.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 12.9 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around September — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 1.3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

density gcc
4.2
diameter km
19389.424
discovery facility
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
discovery method
Transit
discovery year
2023
dist ly
71.8642
eq temp k
458
host star teff
3433
inclination
88.32
insolation
7.3
mag
12.861
mass earth
2.68
name
TOI-244 b
orbital period days
7.3972
radius earth
1.52
semi major au
0.0559
spect
M2.5 V
sys num planets
1
sys num stars
1
tidally locked
yes
tidally locked inferred
yes

About TOI-244 b

TOI-244 b is a rare exoplanet. It lies about 71.9 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 12.86, has spectral type M2.5 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 458 K.

It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 12.86, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, TOI-244 b is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why TOI-244 b is a rare exoplanet

TOI-244 b scores 35 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 15 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Super-Earth, Tidally locked, Found by TESS and Orbits a red dwarf — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.