Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2580 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2580, located approximately 1,237.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 17.37 Earth radii
  • A mass of 200.23 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.66 g
  • An orbital period of 3.398 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0480 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,410 K (2137 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,236.96 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.037
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 21,813,725 years

TOI-2580 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
17.37 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.550 R♃
Mass
200.23 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.630 M♃
Density
0.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.66 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.037
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#96of 1771

top 5.4%

This planet

17.37R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2580 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0017.3711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00200.23317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.662.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,730.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 200.232 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 102713734

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 490410811948906752

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 490410811948906752

System

TOI-2580

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 17.374 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1771
Mass 200.232 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.40 d · percentile 22 / cohort 1533
Distance 379.25 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.037 · percentile 1 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.398 days
Semi-major axis
0.0480 AU
Eccentricity
0.080
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.40 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0480 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.996 %

Duration

8.380 h

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,839.4534

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 9,960 ppm lasting ≈ 8.38 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

70.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,839.4534

Long. of periastron (ω)

114.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12700

Eq. Temperature

2,410K

(2137 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,730.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.037

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

Ehrhardt et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2580

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,120 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.810 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.330 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.150 dex

Stellar density

0.316 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

7.40 km/s

Rotation period

12.40 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
379.25 parsec
Light-years 1,236.96 ly
V-band magnitude
11.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 21,813,725 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.312.112.11B11.42V11.25Gaia10.81TESS10.25J9.93H9.88K9.70W19.74W29.75W38.34W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.608 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.946 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

10.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.17 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.181 · y = 0.344 · z = 0.921

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 62.19921° · Dec 67.11653°

Galactic ℓ, b

140.433° · 11.221°

Ecliptic λ, β

75.105° · 45.109°

HTM-20 index

-1315354151

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