Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2152 A b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2152, located approximately 988.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.36 Earth radii
  • A mass of 899.45 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.36 g
  • An orbital period of 3.377 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0506 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,802 K (1529 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 988.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.078
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,428,180 years

TOI-2152 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.36 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.281 R♃
Mass
899.45 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.830 M♃
Density
1.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.36 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.078
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

#295of 1771

top 16.6%

This planet

14.36R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2152 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.3611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00899.45317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.362.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,195.790.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 899.454 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 395393265

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 562109759036198272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 562109759036198272

System

TOI-2152

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.359 R⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1771
Mass 899.454 M⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.38 d · percentile 21 / cohort 1533
Distance 303.01 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.078 · percentile 17 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.377 days
Semi-major axis
0.0506 AU
Eccentricity
0.057
Inclination
86.42 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.38 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0506 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.666 %

Duration

3.715 h

Impact parameter b

0.415

Rp / R★

0.081600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,927.6498

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,660 ppm lasting ≈ 3.72 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.081600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.760

Impact parameter (b)

0.415

RV semi-amplitude (K)

291.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,927.6498

Long. of periastron (ω)

96.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16700

Eq. Temperature

1,802K

(1529 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,195.79

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.078

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-2152

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,630 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.83 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.612 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.516 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.205 dex

Stellar density

0.511 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
303.01 parsec
Light-years 988.27 ly
V-band magnitude
11.44 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,428,180 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.012.312.31B11.44V11.24Gaia10.71TESS9.97J9.67H9.60K9.54W19.54W29.47W38.97W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.272 mas

Total Proper Motion

29.992 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

27.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.63 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.190 · y = 0.094 · z = 0.977

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 26.33897° · Dec 77.79012°

Galactic ℓ, b

125.861° · 15.226°

Ecliptic λ, β

68.238° · 59.250°

HTM-20 index

1319627622

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