Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-1669 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1669, located approximately 362.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 191.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.96 g
  • An orbital period of 500.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.2700 AU
  • Distance from Earth 362.93 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.268
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,400,329 years

1 sibling around TOI-1669

TOI-1669 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-1669 c Sub-Neptune 2.30 13.00 2.680 1,285 2024
TOI-1669 b this Gas Giant 14.10 191.00 500.000 2023

TOI-1669 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.260 R♃
Mass
191.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.601 M♃
Density
0.37 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.96 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.268
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#371of 1771

top 20.9%

This planet

14.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1669 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00191.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.371.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.962.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 191.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 428679607

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 569673024645542528

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 569673024645542528

System

TOI-1669

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.100 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1771
Mass 191.000 M⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 500.00 d · percentile 68 / cohort 1533
Distance 111.28 pc · percentile 37 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.268 · percentile 49 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
500.000 days
Semi-major axis
1.2700 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.37 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.2700 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

15.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,325.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

11.40000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.268

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Van Zandt et al. 2023

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2023-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TOI-1669

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,497 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.056 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.987 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.27

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.382 dex

Stellar density

1.169 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

0.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
111.28 parsec
Light-years 362.93 ly
V-band magnitude
10.22 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,400,329 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.411.010.97B10.22V10.01Gaia9.53TESS8.91J8.58H8.46K8.43W18.49W28.43W38.66W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.958 mas

Total Proper Motion

97.981 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

91.73 mas/yr

PM Declination

-34.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.078 · y = 0.080 · z = 0.994

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 45.95647° · Dec 83.58743°

Galactic ℓ, b

126.696° · 21.707°

Ecliptic λ, β

80.595° · 61.619°

HTM-20 index

850322700

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