Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1789 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-1789, located approximately 747.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 222.48 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.85 g
  • An orbital period of 3.209 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0488 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,927 K (1654 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 747.12 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.052
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,175,386 years

TOI-1789 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.440 R♃
Mass
222.48 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.700 M♃
Density
0.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.85 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.052
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

#150of 1771

top 8.4%

This planet

16.14R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1789 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00222.48317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.852.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,300.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 222.480 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 216.123 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 82139

TIC

TIC 172518755

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 646125297938578944

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 646125297938578944

System

TOI-1789

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.141 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1771
Mass 222.480 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.21 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1533
Distance 229.07 pc · percentile 54 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.052 · percentile 5 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.209 days
Semi-major axis
0.0488 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
78.41 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.21 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0488 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.463 %

Duration

2.300 h

Impact parameter b

0.972

Rp / R★

0.068000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,873.6537

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,630 ppm lasting ≈ 2.30 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.068000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.830

Impact parameter (b)

0.972

RV semi-amplitude (K)

72.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,873.6537

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.21300

Eq. Temperature

1,927K

(1654 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,300.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.052

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

Khandelwal et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1789

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

5,991 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.73 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.168 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.507 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.37

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.943 dex

Stellar density

0.208 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

7.00 km/s

Rotation period

15.70 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
229.07 parsec
Light-years 747.12 ly
V-band magnitude
9.72 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,175,386 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.010.310.30B9.72V9.58Gaia9.18TESS8.67J8.41H8.35K8.30W18.35W28.31W38.00W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.337 mas

Total Proper Motion

40.346 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

-39.54 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.712 · y = 0.542 · z = 0.447

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 142.74341° · Dec 26.54000°

Galactic ℓ, b

201.719° · 45.586°

Ecliptic λ, β

136.542° · 11.217°

HTM-20 index

2070472096

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