Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2641 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2641, located approximately 1,122.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 122.68 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.37 g
  • An orbital period of 4.881 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0607 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,387 K (1114 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,122.12 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.059
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,788,645 years

TOI-2641 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.615 R♃
Mass
122.68 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.386 M♃
Density
0.09 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.37 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.059
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

#68of 1771

top 3.8%

This planet

18.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2641 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00122.68317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.091.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.372.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00602.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 122.682 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 162802770

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5382970374226953600

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5382970374226953600

System

TOI-2641

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.103 R⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1771
Mass 122.682 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.88 d · percentile 36 / cohort 1533
Distance 344.05 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.059 · percentile 8 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.881 days
Semi-major axis
0.0607 AU
Eccentricity
0.180
Inclination
83.75 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.88 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0607 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.339 %

Duration

1.680 h

Impact parameter b

1.043

Rp / R★

0.124000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,332.2133

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,386 ppm lasting ≈ 1.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.124000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.677

Impact parameter (b)

1.043

RV semi-amplitude (K)

41.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,332.2133

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17600

Eq. Temperature

1,387K

(1114 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

602.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.059

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

Psaridi et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2641

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,100 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.336 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.160 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.200 dex

Stellar density

0.482 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.90 km/s

Rotation period

35.60 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
344.05 parsec
Light-years 1,122.12 ly
V-band magnitude
11.69 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,788,645 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.112.012.02B11.69V11.57Gaia11.19TESS10.65J10.37H10.33K10.29W110.32W210.25W39.05W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.878 mas

Total Proper Motion

33.985 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-32.53 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.82 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.726 · y = 0.113 · z = -0.679

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 171.13037° · Dec -42.73214°

Galactic ℓ, b

286.381° · 17.329°

Ecliptic λ, β

192.880° · -41.884°

HTM-20 index

-1266648988

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