Astronomers Find Hot Sub-Neptune Twice the Size of Earth in New Discovery
The Daily Galaxy • • science
Key Points:
- Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet, TOI-5734 b, about 106 light-years away, using data from TESS and the HARPS-N spectrograph, expanding knowledge of sub-Neptune planets.
- TOI-5734 b is a hot, rocky planet orbiting a young K3-K4 dwarf star every 6.18 days, with a mass nine times and radius 2.1 times that of Earth, placing it in the hot sub-Neptune category.
- The host star, TOI-5734, is smaller and cooler than the Sun, with a mass of 0.72 solar masses and an estimated age of a few billion years, providing key context for the
