Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2497 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2497, located approximately 930.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,531.93 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 12.34 g
  • An orbital period of 10.656 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1166 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,595 K (1322 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 930.49 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.106
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,409,141 years

TOI-2497 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.994 R♃
Mass
1,531.93 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
4.820 M♃
Density
6.10 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
12.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.106
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

#1644of 1771

top 92.8%

This planet

11.14R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2497 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,531.93317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.101.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0012.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00997.810.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,531.933 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 97568467

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3342228616422593664

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3342228616422593664

System

TOI-2497

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.142 R⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,531.933 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 10.66 d · percentile 45 / cohort 1533
Distance 285.29 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.106 · percentile 28 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.656 days
Semi-major axis
0.1166 AU
Eccentricity
0.195
Inclination
88.16 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.66 Earth days (2.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1166 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.188 %

Duration

7.838 h

Impact parameter b

0.350

Rp / R★

0.043330

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,109.1982

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,877 ppm lasting ≈ 7.84 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.043330

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.630

Impact parameter (b)

0.350

RV semi-amplitude (K)

300.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,109.1982

Long. of periastron (ω)

-20.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.40900

Eq. Temperature

1,595K

(1322 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

997.81

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.106

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

Rodriguez et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2497

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

7,360 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.360 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.859 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.962 dex

Stellar density

0.200 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
285.29 parsec
Light-years 930.49 ly
V-band magnitude
9.55 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,409,141 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.410.110.08B9.55V9.47Gaia9.14TESS8.70J8.53H8.49K8.42W18.45W28.42W38.47W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.477 mas

Total Proper Motion

30.035 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

12.50 mas/yr

PM Declination

-27.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.001 · y = 0.979 · z = 0.206

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 90.06259° · Dec 11.88406°

Galactic ℓ, b

196.463° · -5.682°

Ecliptic λ, β

90.059° · -11.555°

HTM-20 index

34338872

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