Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2154 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2154, located approximately 966.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.29 Earth radii
  • A mass of 292.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 3.824 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0513 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,580 K (1307 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 966.92 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.069
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,051,670 years

TOI-2154 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.29 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.453 R♃
Mass
292.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.920 M♃
Density
0.37 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.069
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

#142of 1771

top 8.0%

This planet

16.29R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2154 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.2911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00292.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.371.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,005.890.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 292.402 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 428787891

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 570653411060484480

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 570653411060484480

System

TOI-2154

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.287 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1771
Mass 292.402 M⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.82 d · percentile 27 / cohort 1533
Distance 296.46 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.069 · percentile 13 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.824 days
Semi-major axis
0.0513 AU
Eccentricity
0.117
Inclination
83.37 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.82 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0513 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.143 %

Duration

2.465 h

Impact parameter b

0.864

Rp / R★

0.106930

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,148.6017

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,430 ppm lasting ≈ 2.47 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.106930

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.910

Impact parameter (b)

0.864

RV semi-amplitude (K)

105.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,148.6017

Long. of periastron (ω)

31.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17300

Eq. Temperature

1,580K

(1307 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,005.89

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.069

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-2154

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,280 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.396 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.233 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.239 dex

Stellar density

0.639 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
296.46 parsec
Light-years 966.92 ly
V-band magnitude
11.07 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,051,670 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.011.611.65B11.07V11.04Gaia10.66TESS10.15J9.86H9.85K9.81W19.84W29.77W38.96W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.344 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.651 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.78 mas/yr

PM Declination

15.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.032 · y = 0.093 · z = 0.995

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 71.02815° · Dec 84.36427°

Galactic ℓ, b

128.174° · 24.059°

Ecliptic λ, β

86.199° · 61.176°

HTM-20 index

1740279659

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