Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TIC 257060897 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TIC 257060897, located approximately 1,649.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 17.26 Earth radii
  • A mass of 201.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.68 g
  • An orbital period of 3.660 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0492 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,775 K (1502 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,649.38 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.054
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 29,086,827 years

TIC 257060897 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
17.26 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.540 R♃
Mass
201.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.634 M♃
Density
0.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.68 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.054
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#101of 1771

top 5.6%

This planet

17.26R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TIC 257060897 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0017.2611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00201.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.682.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,804.550.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 201.503 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 257060897

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1697129530714536320

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1697129530714536320

System

TIC 257060897

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 17.262 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1771
Mass 201.503 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.66 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1533
Distance 505.70 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.054 · percentile 6 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.660 days
Semi-major axis
0.0492 AU
Eccentricity
0.039
Inclination
84.55 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.66 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0492 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.785 %

Duration

4.742 h

Impact parameter b

0.556

Rp / R★

0.084990

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,473.9454

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,850 ppm lasting ≈ 4.74 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.084990

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.680

Impact parameter (b)

0.556

RV semi-amplitude (K)

74.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,473.9454

Long. of periastron (ω)

-48.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09730

Eq. Temperature

1,775K

(1502 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,804.55

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.054

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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

Montalto et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TIC 257060897

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

5,993 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.60 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.863 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.187 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.972 dex

Stellar density

0.259 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-11.65 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

5.45 km/s

Rotation period

92.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
505.70 parsec
Light-years 1,649.38 ly
V-band magnitude
11.81 mag
Voyager-speed travel 29,086,827 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.512.612.58B11.81V11.67Gaia11.26TESS10.70J10.45H10.39K10.35W110.38W210.40W39.52W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.949 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.397 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

13.27 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.201 · y = -0.219 · z = 0.955

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 227.53215° · Dec 72.71031°

Galactic ℓ, b

110.034° · 40.762°

Ecliptic λ, β

138.316° · 74.415°

HTM-20 index

139450995

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