Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2145 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2145, located approximately 733.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.24 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,805.27 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 12.05 g
  • An orbital period of 10.261 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1117 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,484 K (1211 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 732.97 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.114
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,925,989 years

TOI-2145 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.24 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.092 R♃
Mass
1,805.27 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.680 M♃
Density
5.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
12.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.114
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

#1397of 1771

top 78.8%

This planet

12.24R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2145 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.2411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,805.27317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0012.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00515.940.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,805.265 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 86040

TIC

TIC 88992642

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1344163891352965632

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1344163891352965632

System

TOI-2145

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.240 R⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,805.265 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 10.26 d · percentile 44 / cohort 1533
Distance 224.73 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.114 · percentile 30 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.261 days
Semi-major axis
0.1117 AU
Eccentricity
0.214
Inclination
88.60 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.26 Earth days (2.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1117 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.190 %

Duration

7.468 h

Impact parameter b

0.165

Rp / R★

0.040820

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,982.4966

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,900 ppm lasting ≈ 7.47 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.040820

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.740

Impact parameter (b)

0.165

RV semi-amplitude (K)

370.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,982.4966

Long. of periastron (ω)

96.20°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

6.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.49700

Eq. Temperature

1,484K

(1211 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

515.94

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.114

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

Rodriguez et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2145

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,206 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.750 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.710 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.790 dex

Stellar density

0.114 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

18.06 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[m/H]

Distance
224.73 parsec
Light-years 732.97 ly
V-band magnitude
9.07 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,925,989 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.79.69.62B9.07V8.94Gaia8.56TESS8.02J7.81H7.76K7.71W17.75W27.72W37.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.421 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.292 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.28 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.082 · y = -0.754 · z = 0.652

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 263.75808° · Dec 40.69504°

Galactic ℓ, b

66.039° · 31.207°

Ecliptic λ, β

259.196° · 63.900°

HTM-20 index

1173002118

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