Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2589 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2589, located approximately 653.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.11 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,112.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 7.59 g
  • An orbital period of 61.628 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 592 K (319 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 653.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.295
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,519,224 years

TOI-2589 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.11 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.080 R♃
Mass
1,112.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.500 M♃
Density
3.45 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
7.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.295
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

#1451of 1771

top 81.9%

This planet

12.11R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2589 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,112.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.451.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.007.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0021.750.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,112.399 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 157698565

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5566108398204103424

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5566108398204103424

System

TOI-2589

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.106 R⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,112.399 M⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 61.63 d · percentile 51 / cohort 1533
Distance 200.27 pc · percentile 50 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.295 · percentile 57 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
61.628 days
Semi-major axis
0.3000 AU
Eccentricity
0.522
Inclination
89.17 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 61.63 Earth days (16.9% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.3000 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.888 %

Duration

6.401 h

Impact parameter b

0.878

Rp / R★

0.107000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,494.5790

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,878 ppm lasting ≈ 6.40 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.107000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

61.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.878

RV semi-amplitude (K)

221.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,494.5790

Long. of periastron (ω)

218.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.50000

Eq. Temperature

592K

(319 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

21.75

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.295

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

Brahm et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2589

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,579 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.070 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.930 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.350 dex

Stellar density

1.140 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
200.27 parsec
Light-years 653.20 ly
V-band magnitude
11.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,519,224 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.711.911.90B11.42V11.20Gaia10.72TESS10.07J9.69H9.63K9.60W19.64W29.64W38.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.964 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.727 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-18.98 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.32 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.239 · y = 0.759 · z = -0.605

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 107.48815° · Dec -37.23095°

Galactic ℓ, b

248.513° · -12.633°

Ecliptic λ, β

117.679° · -59.001°

HTM-20 index

824988455

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