Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-199 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-199, located approximately 333.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 88.99 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.68 g
  • An orbital period of 273.690 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.8070 AU
  • Distance from Earth 333.56 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.280
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,882,326 years

1 sibling around TOI-199

TOI-199 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-199 b Neptune-like 9.08 54.03 104.854 476 2023
TOI-199 c this Gas Giant 11.40 88.99 273.690 2023

TOI-199 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.010 R♃
Mass
88.99 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.280 M♃
Density
0.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.68 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.280
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit Timing Variations
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1604of 1771

top 90.5%

This planet

11.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-199 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0088.99317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.682.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 88.992 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 309792357

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4762582895440787712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4762582895440787712

System

TOI-199

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.400 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1771
Mass 88.992 M⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 273.69 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1533
Distance 102.27 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.280 · percentile 52 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
273.690 days
Semi-major axis
0.8070 AU
Eccentricity
0.096
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 273.69 Earth days (74.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.8070 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.280

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hobson et al. 2023

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2023-09

Observation locale

Multiple Locales

Host System: TOI-199

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,255 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.820 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.936 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.582 dex

Stellar density

2.390 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

0.50 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.770

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
102.27 parsec
Light-years 333.56 ly
V-band magnitude
10.70 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,882,326 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.811.611.59B10.70V10.58Gaia10.04TESS9.33J8.95H8.81K8.76W18.82W28.76W38.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.749 mas

Total Proper Motion

74.200 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

45.70 mas/yr

PM Declination

58.45 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.086 · y = 0.494 · z = -0.865

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 80.10587° · Dec -59.89543°

Galactic ℓ, b

268.766° · -34.550°

Ecliptic λ, β

51.720° · -82.002°

HTM-20 index

1232827602

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