Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2669 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2669, located approximately 1,283.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 19.73 Earth radii
  • A mass of 193.88 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.50 g
  • An orbital period of 6.203 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,226 K (953 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,283.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.073
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,629,900 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-2669 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
19.73 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.760 R♃
Mass
193.88 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.610 M♃
Density
0.14 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.50 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.073
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

#33of 1771

top 1.8%

This planet

19.73R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2669 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0019.7311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00193.88317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.141.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.502.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00375.550.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 193.875 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 348835438

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5735664051960550144

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5735664051960550144

System

TOI-2669

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 19.728 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1771
Mass 193.875 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 6.20 d · percentile 40 / cohort 1533
Distance 393.44 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.073 · percentile 15 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.203 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.090
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.20 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.081 %

Duration

5.715 h

Impact parameter b

0.858

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,521.5980

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 810 ppm lasting ≈ 5.72 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Impact parameter (b)

0.858

RV semi-amplitude (K)

59.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,521.5980

Long. of periastron (ω)

-1.22°

Eq. Temperature

1,226K

(953 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

375.55

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.073

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Grunblatt et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2669

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,800 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.100 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.190 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.290 dex

Stellar density

0.025 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
393.44 parsec
Light-years 1,283.24 ly
V-band magnitude
10.92 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,629,900 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.312.012.00B10.92V10.60Gaia9.99TESS9.12J8.57H8.49K8.42W18.50W28.41W38.31W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.513 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.738 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

18.68 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.12 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.685 · y = 0.691 · z = -0.230

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 134.72264° · Dec -13.31258°

Galactic ℓ, b

240.917° · 20.622°

Ecliptic λ, β

141.594° · -29.097°

HTM-20 index

251081603

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