Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2337 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2337, located approximately 1,748.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.09 Earth radii
  • A mass of 508.53 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.00 g
  • An orbital period of 2.994 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,272 K (999 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,748.35 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.137
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 30,832,083 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-2337 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.09 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.900 R♃
Mass
508.53 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.600 M♃
Density
2.72 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.137
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

#1767of 1771

top 99.7%

This planet

10.09R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2337 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.0911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00508.53317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.721.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00619.580.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 508.525 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 230001847

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2239684947894267392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2239684947894267392

System

TOI-2337

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.088 R⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1771
Mass 508.525 M⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.99 d · percentile 15 / cohort 1533
Distance 536.05 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.137 · percentile 34 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.994 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.019
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.99 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.112 %

Duration

6.917 h

Impact parameter b

0.520

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,793.8280

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,121 ppm lasting ≈ 6.92 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Impact parameter (b)

0.520

RV semi-amplitude (K)

192.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,793.8280

Long. of periastron (ω)

-0.34°

Eq. Temperature

1,272K

(999 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

619.58

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.137

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Grunblatt et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2337

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,780 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

3.220 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.325 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.39

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.500 dex

Stellar density

0.055 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
536.05 parsec
Light-years 1,748.35 ly
V-band magnitude
12.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 30,832,083 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.613.012.95B12.52V11.88Gaia11.23TESS10.28J9.81H9.68K9.62W19.72W29.65W39.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.837 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.268 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

9.84 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.172 · y = -0.456 · z = 0.873

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.61989° · Dec 60.85390°

Galactic ℓ, b

92.062° · 19.860°

Ecliptic λ, β

337.563° · 79.306°

HTM-20 index

-366611771

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