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TOI-270 d

Planet status Confirmed
Planet type Temperate Sub-Neptune
Period 11.38014 d
Mass 0.0132 MJ 4.19496 M⊕
Radius 0.19 RJ 2.128 R⊕
Semi major axis 0.0733 AU
Star name TOI-270
Star distance 22.453 pc
Star teff 3386 K
Star radius 0.38 R☉
Temperature (calculated) 340 K
V 12.6 mag
J 9.099 mag
K 8.251 mag
Alternate names
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Molecules

CH4: Detection CO2: Detection

JWST-MIRI

The Mid-Infrared Transmission Spectrum of the Temperate Sub-Neptune TOI-270 d

2026, Måns Holmberg, Nikku Madhusudhan et al.

Favouring the presence of atmospheric absorption at ln B = 2.8-5.3

CH4: Detection H2O: Detection CO2: Detection DMS: Upper limit DMDS: Upper limit

JWST-NIRISS

The atmospheric composition of TOI-270 d

2025, Savvas Constantinou, Nikku Madhusudhan et al.

CO2: Detection CH4: Detection

JWST-NIRSpec

Possible Hycean conditions in the sub-Neptune TOI-270 d

2024, Måns HolmbergNikku Madhusudhan

Hints of CS2 and H2O

CH4: Detection CO2: Detection H2O: Detection

JWST-NIRSpec

JWST Reveals CH$_4$, CO$_2$, and H$_2$O in a Metal-rich Miscible Atmosphere on a Two-Earth-Radius Exoplanet

2024, Björn Benneke, Pierre-Alexis Roy et al.

potential signatures of SO2 at 4.0μm and CS2 at 4.6μm

H2O: Detection

HST WFC3

Hubble Space Telescope transmission spectroscopy for the temperate sub-Neptune TOI-270d: a possible hydrogen-rich atmosphere containing water vapour

2022, Thomas Mikal-Evans, Nikku Madhusudhan et al.

Featureless spectra: No detection

JWST-MIRI Astro-ph arXiv:2609.05264

Evidence for Methacrylonitrile, Isobutene, Benzonitrile features in the MIRI transmission spectrum