Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2373 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2373, located approximately 1,659.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.42 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,955.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 27.20 g
  • An orbital period of 13.337 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1120 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 860 K (587 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,659.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.173
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 29,258,402 years

TOI-2373 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.42 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.930 R♃
Mass
2,955.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
9.300 M♃
Density
14.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
27.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.173
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

#1735of 1771

top 97.9%

This planet

10.42R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2373 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.4211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,955.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5114.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0027.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0069.870.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,955.804 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 332558858

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5097529733950580736

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5097529733950580736

System

TOI-2373

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.424 R⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,955.804 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 13.34 d · percentile 46 / cohort 1533
Distance 508.69 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.173 · percentile 38 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.337 days
Semi-major axis
0.1120 AU
Eccentricity
0.112
Inclination
89.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.34 Earth days (3.7% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1120 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.821 %

Duration

4.384 h

Rp / R★

0.086700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,448.3260

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,210 ppm lasting ≈ 4.38 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.086700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.100

RV semi-amplitude (K)

784.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,448.3260

Long. of periastron (ω)

15.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22000

Eq. Temperature

860K

(587 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

69.87

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.173

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

Eberhardt et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2373

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,651 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.102 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.041 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.30

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.371 dex

Stellar density

1.096 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.70 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
508.69 parsec
Light-years 1,659.11 ly
V-band magnitude
13.25 mag
Voyager-speed travel 29,258,402 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.114.014.00B13.25V13.07Gaia12.59TESS11.97J11.64H11.59K11.49W111.57W211.91W39.08W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.937 mas

Total Proper Motion

40.769 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

11.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

-39.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.454 · y = 0.843 · z = -0.288

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 61.68622° · Dec -16.75575°

Galactic ℓ, b

210.480° · -43.828°

Ecliptic λ, β

55.412° · -36.857°

HTM-20 index

-1003957700

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