Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2587 A b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2587 A, located approximately 1,218.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.07 Earth radii
  • A mass of 69.29 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.48 g
  • An orbital period of 5.457 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0635 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,445 K (1172 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,218.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.075
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 21,492,892 years

TOI-2587 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.07 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.077 R♃
Mass
69.29 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.218 M♃
Density
0.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.48 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.075
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

#1489of 1771

top 84.0%

This planet

12.07R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2587 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.0711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0069.29317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.482.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00728.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 69.287 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 68007716

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3085216850017388672

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3085216850017388672

System

TOI-2587

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.072 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 69.287 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.46 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1533
Distance 373.68 pc · percentile 67 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.075 · percentile 16 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.457 days
Semi-major axis
0.0635 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.81 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.46 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0635 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.411 %

Duration

4.162 h

Impact parameter b

0.716

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,950.0924

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,110 ppm lasting ≈ 4.16 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.920

Impact parameter (b)

0.716

RV semi-amplitude (K)

22.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,950.0924

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17000

Eq. Temperature

1,445K

(1172 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

728.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.075

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. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2587 A

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,760 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.726 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.150 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.024 dex

Stellar density

0.316 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
373.68 parsec
Light-years 1,218.76 ly
V-band magnitude
11.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 21,492,892 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.412.112.14B11.54V11.41Gaia10.97TESS10.35J10.08H9.99K9.95W110.00W29.94W38.36W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.648 mas

Total Proper Motion

33.561 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

22.01 mas/yr

PM Declination

-25.33 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.437 · y = 0.899 · z = -0.019

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 115.93171° · Dec -1.07333°

Galactic ℓ, b

219.944° · 11.112°

Ecliptic λ, β

118.135° · -22.015°

HTM-20 index

-1300949223

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