Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-2202 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2202, located approximately 769.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 117.28 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.65 g
  • An orbital period of 24.674 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1554 AU
  • Distance from Earth 769.51 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.251
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,570,302 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-2202

TOI-2202 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-2202 b Gas Giant 10.95 287.32 11.913 652 2021
TOI-2202 c this Gas Giant 13.40 117.28 24.674 2021

TOI-2202 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.190 R♃
Mass
117.28 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.369 M♃
Density
0.27 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.65 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.251
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit Timing Variations
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#730of 1771

top 41.2%

This planet

13.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2202 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00117.28317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.271.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.652.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 117.279 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 358107516

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4641274773980363520

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4641274773980363520

System

TOI-2202

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.400 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 117.279 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 24.67 d · percentile 48 / cohort 1533
Distance 235.93 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.251 · percentile 45 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
24.674 days
Semi-major axis
0.1554 AU
Eccentricity
0.062
Inclination
84.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 24.67 Earth days (6.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1554 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.251

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Trifonov et al. 2021

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2021-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TOI-2202

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,144 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.48 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.794 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.823 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

2.143 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.70 km/s

Rotation period

22.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
235.93 parsec
Light-years 769.51 ly
V-band magnitude
13.00 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,570,302 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.213.913.90B13.00V12.76Gaia12.17TESS11.33J10.87H10.80K10.74W110.78W210.73W39.16W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.210 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.610 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.81 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.49 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.173 · y = 0.215 · z = -0.961

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 51.22842° · Dec -73.95755°

Galactic ℓ, b

290.157° · -39.128°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.146° · -75.343°

HTM-20 index

900771409

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