Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-1820 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1820, located approximately 810.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.78 Earth radii
  • A mass of 731.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.48 g
  • An orbital period of 4.861 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0610 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,375 K (1102 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 810.51 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.113
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,293,356 years

TOI-1820 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.78 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
731.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.300 M♃
Density
2.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.48 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.113
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1120of 1771

top 63.2%

This planet

12.78R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1820 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.7811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00731.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.482.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00292.250.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 731.005 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 393831507

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4009018273332089088

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4009018273332089088

System

TOI-1820

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.778 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1771
Mass 731.005 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.86 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1533
Distance 248.50 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.113 · percentile 30 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.861 days
Semi-major axis
0.0610 AU
Eccentricity
0.043
Inclination
84.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.86 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0610 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.614 %

Duration

2.920 h

Impact parameter b

0.840

Rp / R★

0.077700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,903.0638

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,140 ppm lasting ≈ 2.92 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.077700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.840

RV semi-amplitude (K)

273.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,903.0638

Long. of periastron (ω)

9.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.24500

Eq. Temperature

1,375K

(1102 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

292.25

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.113

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

Knudstrup et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1820

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,734 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.510 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.040 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.240 dex

Stellar density

0.430 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

4.50 km/s

Rotation period

25.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.370

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
248.50 parsec
Light-years 810.51 ly
V-band magnitude
10.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,293,356 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.614.514.53U11.73B10.90V10.97Gaia10.53TESS14.26Sloan g11.02Sloan r10.89Sloan i13.22Sloan z9.92J9.59H9.51K9.47W19.51W29.44W38.64W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.996 mas

Total Proper Motion

60.878 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

50.54 mas/yr

PM Declination

-33.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.879 · y = -0.119 · z = 0.461

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 187.68672° · Dec 27.45200°

Galactic ℓ, b

207.720° · 85.392°

Ecliptic λ, β

175.155° · 28.046°

HTM-20 index

2095081063

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