Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2193 A b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2193 A, located approximately 1,099.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 19.84 Earth radii
  • A mass of 298.76 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.76 g
  • An orbital period of 2.123 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0332 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,763 K (1490 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,099.35 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.037
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,387,115 years

TOI-2193 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
19.84 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.770 R♃
Mass
298.76 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.940 M♃
Density
0.06 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.76 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.037
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

#32of 1771

top 1.8%

This planet

19.84R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2193 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0019.8411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00298.76317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.061.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.762.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,600.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 298.759 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 401604346

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6373308503181838592

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6373308503181838592

System

TOI-2193

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 19.840 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1771
Mass 298.759 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.12 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1533
Distance 337.06 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.037 · percentile 1 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.123 days
Semi-major axis
0.0332 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
79.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.12 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0332 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.019 %

Duration

1.647 h

Impact parameter b

0.990

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,052.4212

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 191 ppm lasting ≈ 1.65 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.710

Impact parameter (b)

0.990

RV semi-amplitude (K)

136.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,052.4212

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09850

Eq. Temperature

1,763K

(1490 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,600.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.037

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

Yee et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2193 A

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

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

Estimated Age

5.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.248 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.082 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.278 dex

Stellar density

0.781 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
337.06 parsec
Light-years 1,099.35 ly
V-band magnitude
11.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,387,115 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.312.712.69B11.98V11.81Gaia11.40TESS10.77J10.46H10.38K10.34W110.35W210.36W38.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.938 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.509 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.204 · y = -0.214 · z = -0.955

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 313.69123° · Dec -72.80464°

Galactic ℓ, b

320.935° · -34.782°

Ecliptic λ, β

289.514° · -52.321°

HTM-20 index

158983224

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