Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2158 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2158, located approximately 647.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.76 Earth radii
  • A mass of 260.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.25 g
  • An orbital period of 8.601 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0750 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,188 K (915 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 647.33 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.130
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,415,692 years

TOI-2158 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.76 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.960 R♃
Mass
260.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.820 M♃
Density
1.14 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.130
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1696of 1771

top 95.7%

This planet

10.76R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2158 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.7611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00260.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.141.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0081.500.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 260.619 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 342642208

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4525545299652540672

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4525545299652540672

System

TOI-2158

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.761 R⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1771
Mass 260.619 M⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 8.60 d · percentile 43 / cohort 1533
Distance 198.47 pc · percentile 50 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.130 · percentile 34 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.601 days
Semi-major axis
0.0750 AU
Eccentricity
0.070
Inclination
85.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.60 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0750 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.509 %

Duration

3.770 h

Impact parameter b

0.860

Rp / R★

0.070000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,018.9225

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,090 ppm lasting ≈ 3.77 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.070000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.860

RV semi-amplitude (K)

75.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,018.9225

Long. of periastron (ω)

52.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.37800

Eq. Temperature

1,188K

(915 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

81.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.130

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

Knudstrup et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2158

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,673 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.410 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.120 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.47

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.190 dex

Stellar density

0.560 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.70 km/s

Rotation period

19.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.060

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
198.47 parsec
Light-years 647.33 ly
V-band magnitude
10.89 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,415,692 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.011.711.66B10.89V10.67Gaia10.17TESS9.47J9.17H9.07K9.03W19.08W28.99W38.96W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.010 mas

Total Proper Motion

44.699 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-44.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

7.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.111 · y = -0.930 · z = 0.351

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 276.81005° · Dec 20.52689°

Galactic ℓ, b

48.933° · 14.343°

Ecliptic λ, β

278.840° · 43.757°

HTM-20 index

1366803309

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