Artist impression of TOI-2180 b exoplanet
Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2180 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2180, located approximately 380.6 light-years from Earth.

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Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.32 Earth radii
  • A mass of 875.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.83 g
  • An orbital period of 260.790 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.8280 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 348 K (75 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 380.58 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.472
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,711,442 years

Context from the literature

TOI-2180 b is a giant exoplanet orbiting the G-type star TOI-2180, also known as HD 238894. It was discovered with the help of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and is currently the exoplanet with the longest orbital period TESS was able to uncover. TOI-2180 b orbits its host star every 260.16 days.

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TOI-2180 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.32 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.010 R♃
Mass
875.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.755 M♃
Density
3.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.83 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.472
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

#1611of 1771

top 90.9%

This planet

11.32R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2180 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.3211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00875.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.832.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002.710.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 875.617 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 298663873

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2151078741786155008

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2151078741786155008

System

TOI-2180

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.321 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1771
Mass 875.617 M⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 260.79 d · percentile 59 / cohort 1533
Distance 116.69 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.472 · percentile 100 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
260.790 days
Semi-major axis
0.8280 AU
Eccentricity
0.368
Inclination
89.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 260.79 Earth days (71.4% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.8280 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.475 %

Duration

24.096 h

Impact parameter b

0.100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,830.7652

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,748 ppm lasting ≈ 24.10 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Impact parameter (b)

0.100

RV semi-amplitude (K)

87.750 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,830.7652

Long. of periastron (ω)

-43.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

7.10000

Eq. Temperature

348K

(75 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2.71

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.472

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Dalba et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2180

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,695 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.10 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.636 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.111 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.057 dex

Stellar density

0.359 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
116.69 parsec
Light-years 380.58 ly
V-band magnitude
9.16 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,711,442 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.69.89.85B9.16V9.01Gaia8.57TESS7.97J7.68H7.60K7.56W17.62W27.59W37.63W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.541 mas

Total Proper Motion

41.562 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.54 mas/yr

PM Declination

-40.20 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.076 · y = -0.544 · z = 0.835

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 277.94363° · Dec 56.65068°

Galactic ℓ, b

85.746° · 25.013°

Ecliptic λ, β

294.425° · 79.414°

HTM-20 index

-191609370

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