Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2107 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2107, located approximately 772.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.57 Earth radii
  • A mass of 263.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.43 g
  • An orbital period of 2.455 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0352 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,397 K (1124 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 772.03 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.091
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,614,705 years

TOI-2107 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.57 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.211 R♃
Mass
263.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.830 M♃
Density
0.58 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.43 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.091
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#658of 1771

top 37.1%

This planet

13.57R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2107 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00263.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.581.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.432.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00508.470.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 263.798 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 446549906

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6633448311454447232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6633448311454447232

System

TOI-2107

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.574 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 263.798 M⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.45 d · percentile 10 / cohort 1533
Distance 236.71 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.091 · percentile 23 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.455 days
Semi-major axis
0.0352 AU
Eccentricity
0.033
Inclination
89.44 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.45 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0352 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.131 %

Duration

2.596 h

Impact parameter b

0.078

Rp / R★

0.133500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,228.9818

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 21,310 ppm lasting ≈ 2.60 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.133500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.130

Impact parameter (b)

0.078

RV semi-amplitude (K)

128.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,228.9818

Long. of periastron (ω)

153.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14800

Eq. Temperature

1,397K

(1124 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

508.47

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.091

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

Schulte et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2107

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,627 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.932 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.961 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.484 dex

Stellar density

1.680 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
236.71 parsec
Light-years 772.03 ly
V-band magnitude
12.04 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,614,705 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 10 bands

8.912.012.04V11.86Gaia11.38TESS10.74J10.44H10.33K10.27W110.30W210.29W38.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.196 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.991 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.89 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.11 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.150 · y = -0.497 · z = -0.854

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.79654° · Dec -58.69683°

Galactic ℓ, b

337.791° · -24.920°

Ecliptic λ, β

280.675° · -35.879°

HTM-20 index

-1024146547

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