Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

TOI-1899 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-1899, located approximately 418.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 212.95 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.73 g
  • An orbital period of 29.090 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1525 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 378 K (105 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 418.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.373
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,387,446 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1899 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.990 R♃
Mass
212.95 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.670 M♃
Density
0.85 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.73 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.373
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1656of 1771

top 93.5%

This planet

11.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1899 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00212.95317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.851.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.732.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.400.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 212.945 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 172370679

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073530190996615424

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073530190996615424

System

TOI-1899

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.097 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1771
Mass 212.945 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 29.09 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1533
Distance 128.44 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.373 · percentile 77 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
29.090 days
Semi-major axis
0.1525 AU
Eccentricity
0.044
Inclination
89.64 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 29.09 Earth days (8.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1525 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

3.756 %

Duration

4.700 h

Impact parameter b

0.350

Rp / R★

0.168000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,711.9592

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 37,562 ppm lasting ≈ 4.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.168000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

54.010

Impact parameter (b)

0.350

RV semi-amplitude (K)

59.820 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,711.9592

Long. of periastron (ω)

-53.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.19000

Eq. Temperature

378K

(105 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.373

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Ca Ntilde As et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1899

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,926 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.10 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.607 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.632 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.672 dex

Stellar density

3.980 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-28.95 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
128.44 parsec
Light-years 418.91 ly
V-band magnitude
14.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,387,446 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 13 bands

9.515.915.90B14.88V13.56Gaia12.58TESS15.12Sloan g13.73Sloan r11.34J10.67H10.51K10.41W110.46W210.31W39.46W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.757 mas

Total Proper Motion

40.119 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

35.43 mas/yr

PM Declination

18.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.376 · y = -0.666 · z = 0.645

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 299.42685° · Dec 40.14335°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.507° · 5.738°

Ecliptic λ, β

316.656° · 58.909°

HTM-20 index

690160687

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