Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2010 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2010, located approximately 356.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.81 Earth radii
  • A mass of 408.73 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.93 g
  • An orbital period of 141.834 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5516 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 400 K (127 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 356.13 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.376
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,280,348 years

TOI-2010 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.81 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.054 R♃
Mass
408.73 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.286 M♃
Density
1.36 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.376
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1557of 1771

top 87.9%

This planet

11.81R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2010 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.8111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00408.73317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.361.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004.090.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 408.727 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 408.727 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26547036

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2136815881249993600

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2136815881249993600

System

TOI-2010

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.814 R⊕ · percentile 12 / cohort 1771
Mass 408.727 M⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 141.83 d · percentile 55 / cohort 1533
Distance 109.19 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.376 · percentile 78 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
141.834 days
Semi-major axis
0.5516 AU
Eccentricity
0.212
Inclination
89.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 141.83 Earth days (38.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.5516 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.160 %

Duration

8.681 h

Impact parameter b

0.147

Rp / R★

0.100350

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,712.3017

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,600 ppm lasting ≈ 8.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.100350

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

109.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.147

RV semi-amplitude (K)

47.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,712.3017

Long. of periastron (ω)

98.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

5.05000

Eq. Temperature

400K

(127 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4.09

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.376

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Mann et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2010

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

5,929 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.079 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.112 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.417 dex

Stellar density

1.243 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
109.19 parsec
Light-years 356.13 ly
V-band magnitude
9.85 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,280,348 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.210.510.48B9.85V9.70Gaia9.27TESS8.66J8.34H8.28K8.24W18.27W28.24W38.46W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.130 mas

Total Proper Motion

42.014 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

40.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

11.11 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.224 · y = -0.551 · z = 0.804

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.16694° · Dec 53.48737°

Galactic ℓ, b

85.213° · 16.310°

Ecliptic λ, β

320.377° · 73.056°

HTM-20 index

1047844685

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