Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1842 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-1842, located approximately 728.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.35 Earth radii
  • A mass of 89.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.59 g
  • An orbital period of 9.574 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,200 K (926 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 728.84 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.096
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,853,172 years

TOI-1842 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.35 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.102 R♃
Mass
89.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.281 M♃
Density
0.26 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.096
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

#1338of 1771

top 75.5%

This planet

12.35R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1842 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.3511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0089.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.261.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00354.640.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 89.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 404505029

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3719927426253118848

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3719927426253118848

System

TOI-1842

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.349 R⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1771
Mass 89.400 M⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 9.57 d · percentile 44 / cohort 1533
Distance 223.47 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.096 · percentile 25 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.574 days
Semi-major axis
0.1000 AU
Eccentricity
0.276
Inclination
88.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.57 Earth days (2.6% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1000 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.317 %

Duration

4.307 h

Impact parameter b

0.782

Rp / R★

0.055714

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,933.3361

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,170 ppm lasting ≈ 4.31 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.055714

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.782

RV semi-amplitude (K)

21.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,933.3361

Long. of periastron (ω)

67.60°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-68.10°

True obliquity (ψ)

73.30°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.44700

Eq. Temperature

1,200K

(926 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

354.64

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.096

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

Wittenmyer et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1842

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,039 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.032 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.464 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.33

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.986 dex

Stellar density

0.243 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

4.23 km/s

Rotation period

13.40 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
223.47 parsec
Light-years 728.84 ly
V-band magnitude
9.82 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,853,172 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.410.410.38B9.82V9.66Gaia9.27TESS8.75J8.51H8.45K8.40W18.44W28.41W38.98W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.447 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.127 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-23.98 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.916 · y = -0.369 · z = 0.157

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 201.96266° · Dec 9.03064°

Galactic ℓ, b

330.061° · 69.961°

Ecliptic λ, β

196.791° · 16.914°

HTM-20 index

-951132531

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