Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-1694 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1694, located approximately 406.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 297.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.56 g
  • An orbital period of 393.100 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 406.65 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.304
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,171,295 years

1 sibling around TOI-1694

TOI-1694 c 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-1694 b Neptune-like 5.34 31.30 3.770 943 2023
TOI-1694 c this Gas Giant 13.80 297.00 393.100 2023

TOI-1694 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.230 R♃
Mass
297.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.934 M♃
Density
0.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.56 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.304
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

#510of 1771

top 28.7%

This planet

13.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1694 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00297.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.562.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 297.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 396740648

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1104269596843209472

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1104269596843209472

System

TOI-1694

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.800 R⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1771
Mass 297.000 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 393.10 d · percentile 64 / cohort 1533
Distance 124.68 pc · percentile 39 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.304 · percentile 59 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
393.100 days
Semi-major axis
0.1000 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.08 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1000 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

28.840 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

4,932,072.5000

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.80200

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.304

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-1694

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,058 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.804 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.853 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.558 dex

Stellar density

2.301 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
124.68 parsec
Light-years 406.65 ly
V-band magnitude
11.45 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,171,295 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.612.212.20B11.45V11.31Gaia10.74TESS9.96J9.47H9.43K9.36W19.43W29.36W38.62W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.992 mas

Total Proper Motion

50.774 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

46.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-20.36 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.054 · y = 0.397 · z = 0.916

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 97.74871° · Dec 66.36060°

Galactic ℓ, b

148.585° · 22.702°

Ecliptic λ, β

94.238° · 43.035°

HTM-20 index

-1848056411

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