Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

TIC 237913194 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TIC 237913194, located approximately 998.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.52 Earth radii
  • A mass of 617.23 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.94 g
  • An orbital period of 15.169 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1207 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 974 K (701 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 998.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.166
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,604,011 years

TIC 237913194 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.52 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.117 R♃
Mass
617.23 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.942 M♃
Density
1.85 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.94 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.166
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1232of 1771

top 69.5%

This planet

12.52R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TIC 237913194 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00617.23317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.851.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.942.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0083.390.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 617.226 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 237913194

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4715813347286590080

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4715813347286590080

System

TIC 237913194

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.520 R⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1771
Mass 617.226 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 15.17 d · percentile 46 / cohort 1533
Distance 306.06 pc · percentile 61 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.166 · percentile 38 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.169 days
Semi-major axis
0.1207 AU
Eccentricity
0.575
Inclination
87.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.17 Earth days (4.2% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1207 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.782 %

Duration

2.063 h

Impact parameter b

0.900

Rp / R★

0.103100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,319.1506

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,819 ppm lasting ≈ 2.06 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.103100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.850

Impact parameter (b)

0.900

RV semi-amplitude (K)

191.300 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,319.1506

Long. of periastron (ω)

24.10°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.39400

Eq. Temperature

974K

(701 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

83.39

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.166

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Schlecker et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TIC 237913194

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,788 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.088 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.026 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.376 dex

Stellar density

1.076 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

30.03 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.18 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
306.06 parsec
Light-years 998.24 ly
V-band magnitude
12.14 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,604,011 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.612.712.75B12.14V11.94Gaia11.49TESS10.86J10.57H10.49K10.46W110.52W210.41W38.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.239 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.896 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

18.05 mas/yr

PM Declination

10.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.452 · y = 0.187 · z = -0.872

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 22.44581° · Dec -60.73991°

Galactic ℓ, b

294.613° · -55.765°

Ecliptic λ, β

338.732° · -61.004°

HTM-20 index

-346268724

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