Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2570 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2570, located approximately 1,180.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.64 Earth radii
  • A mass of 260.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.40 g
  • An orbital period of 2.989 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0415 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,431 K (1158 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,180.22 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.088
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,813,149 years

TOI-2570 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.64 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.217 R♃
Mass
260.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.820 M♃
Density
0.56 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.40 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.088
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

#606of 1771

top 34.2%

This planet

13.64R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2570 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.6411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00260.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.561.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.402.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00699.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 260.619 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 239816546

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3445148131761842944

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3445148131761842944

System

TOI-2570

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.641 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771
Mass 260.619 M⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.99 d · percentile 15 / cohort 1533
Distance 361.86 pc · percentile 66 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.088 · percentile 22 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.989 days
Semi-major axis
0.0415 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.73 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.99 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0415 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.304 %

Duration

3.006 h

Impact parameter b

0.320

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,393.1453

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,040 ppm lasting ≈ 3.01 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.130

Impact parameter (b)

0.320

RV semi-amplitude (K)

111.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,393.1453

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11500

Eq. Temperature

1,431K

(1158 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

699.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.088

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-2570

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,771 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.095 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.063 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.385 dex

Stellar density

1.138 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
361.86 parsec
Light-years 1,180.22 ly
V-band magnitude
12.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,813,149 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.113.413.37B12.57V12.46Gaia11.98TESS11.30J10.96H10.91K10.86W110.92W211.18W39.08W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.736 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.101 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.39 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.86 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.042 · y = 0.846 · z = 0.531

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 87.18804° · Dec 32.08404°

Galactic ℓ, b

177.656° · 2.207°

Ecliptic λ, β

87.586° · 8.668°

HTM-20 index

774613056

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