Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2184 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2184, located approximately 2,571.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 206.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.59 g
  • An orbital period of 6.907 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,676 K (1403 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,571.14 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.081
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 45,342,108 years

TOI-2184 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.017 R♃
Mass
206.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.650 M♃
Density
0.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.081
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

#1607of 1771

top 90.7%

This planet

11.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2184 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00206.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,429.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 206.588 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 176956893

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5280444557068991616

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5280444557068991616

System

TOI-2184

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.400 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1771
Mass 206.588 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 6.91 d · percentile 41 / cohort 1533
Distance 788.32 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.081 · percentile 19 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.907 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.080
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.91 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.175 %

Duration

6.780 h

Impact parameter b

0.670

Rp / R★

0.034200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,332.1260

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,752 ppm lasting ≈ 6.78 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.034200

Impact parameter (b)

0.670

RV semi-amplitude (K)

53.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,332.1260

Long. of periastron (ω)

54.00°

Eq. Temperature

1,676K

(1403 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,429.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.081

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

Saunders et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2184

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,966 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.530 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.700 dex

Stellar density

0.089 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

7.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
788.32 parsec
Light-years 2,571.14 ly
V-band magnitude
12.25 mag
Voyager-speed travel 45,342,108 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.313.313.34B12.25V11.85Gaia11.41TESS10.77J10.54H10.41K10.38W110.42W210.39W39.26W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.240 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.061 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.49 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.074 · y = 0.385 · z = -0.920

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 100.83312° · Dec -66.94766°

Galactic ℓ, b

277.218° · -25.588°

Ecliptic λ, β

190.131° · -85.712°

HTM-20 index

-1699216721

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