Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2207 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2207, located approximately 1,217.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.15 Earth radii
  • A mass of 203.41 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.64 g
  • An orbital period of 8.002 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0854 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,259 K (986 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,217.69 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.114
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 21,473,911 years

TOI-2207 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.15 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.995 R♃
Mass
203.41 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.640 M♃
Density
0.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.64 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.114
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

#1643of 1771

top 92.7%

This planet

11.15R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2207 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.1511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00203.41317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.642.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00406.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 203.410 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 90850770

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6675883485986480256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6675883485986480256

System

TOI-2207

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.153 R⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1771
Mass 203.410 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 8.00 d · percentile 42 / cohort 1533
Distance 373.35 pc · percentile 67 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.114 · percentile 30 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.002 days
Semi-major axis
0.0854 AU
Eccentricity
0.174
Inclination
88.84 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.00 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0854 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.427 %

Duration

4.632 h

Impact parameter b

0.200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,283.8275

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,273 ppm lasting ≈ 4.63 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.200

RV semi-amplitude (K)

55.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,283.8275

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22900

Eq. Temperature

1,259K

(986 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

406.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.114

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-2207

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,101 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.564 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.296 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.161 dex

Stellar density

0.476 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
373.35 parsec
Light-years 1,217.69 ly
V-band magnitude
11.32 mag
Voyager-speed travel 21,473,911 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.612.312.27B11.32V11.35Gaia10.97TESS10.44J10.20H10.13K10.09W110.15W210.19W38.56W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.651 mas

Total Proper Motion

30.290 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

15.99 mas/yr

PM Declination

-25.72 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.432 · y = -0.561 · z = -0.706

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 307.59669° · Dec -44.88762°

Galactic ℓ, b

355.480° · -35.849°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.507° · -25.099°

HTM-20 index

1705821164

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