Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2338 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2338, located approximately 1,024.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.21 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,900.61 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 15.13 g
  • An orbital period of 22.654 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1580 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 799 K (526 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,024.12 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.217
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,060,299 years

TOI-2338 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.21 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.000 R♃
Mass
1,900.61 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.980 M♃
Density
7.42 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
15.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.217
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1633of 1771

top 92.2%

This planet

11.21R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2338 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.2111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,900.61317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.421.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0015.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0013.850.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,900.614 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 24358417

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4822916912388338176

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4822916912388338176

System

TOI-2338

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.209 R⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,900.614 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 22.65 d · percentile 48 / cohort 1533
Distance 314.00 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.217 · percentile 41 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
22.654 days
Semi-major axis
0.1580 AU
Eccentricity
0.676
Inclination
89.52 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 22.65 Earth days (6.2% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1580 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.153 %

Duration

3.468 h

Impact parameter b

0.260

Rp / R★

0.098000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,458.7545

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,530 ppm lasting ≈ 3.47 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.098000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

32.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.260

RV semi-amplitude (K)

584.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,458.7545

Long. of periastron (ω)

12.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.50300

Eq. Temperature

799K

(526 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

13.85

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.217

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Brahm et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2338

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,581 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.050 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.990 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

1.301 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
314.00 parsec
Light-years 1,024.12 ly
V-band magnitude
12.48 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,060,299 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.813.113.14B12.48V12.19Gaia11.70TESS11.08J10.75H10.66K10.61W110.66W210.57W38.76W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.156 mas

Total Proper Motion

42.057 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

38.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

18.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.124 · y = 0.813 · z = -0.569

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 81.34458° · Dec -34.66825°

Galactic ℓ, b

238.660° · -31.858°

Ecliptic λ, β

76.601° · -57.706°

HTM-20 index

1231891657

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