Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2796 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2796, located approximately 1,142.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 17.26 Earth radii
  • A mass of 139.84 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.47 g
  • An orbital period of 4.808 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0569 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,205 K (932 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,142.66 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.079
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,150,891 years

TOI-2796 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
17.26 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.540 R♃
Mass
139.84 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.440 M♃
Density
0.15 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.47 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.079
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

#101of 1771

top 5.6%

This planet

17.26R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2796 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0017.2611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00139.84317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.151.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.472.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00352.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 139.845 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 220076110

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3222453935725951488

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3222453935725951488

System

TOI-2796

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 17.262 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1771
Mass 139.845 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.81 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1533
Distance 350.34 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.079 · percentile 18 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.808 days
Semi-major axis
0.0569 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.22 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.81 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0569 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.240 %

Duration

1.960 h

Impact parameter b

0.970

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,026.4888

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 22,400 ppm lasting ≈ 1.96 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.430

Impact parameter (b)

0.970

RV semi-amplitude (K)

50.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,026.4888

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16200

Eq. Temperature

1,205K

(932 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

352.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.079

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-2796

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,764 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.069 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.063 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

1.220 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
350.34 parsec
Light-years 1,142.66 ly
V-band magnitude
12.48 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,150,891 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.015.315.32U13.19B12.48V12.36Gaia11.92TESS12.93Sloan g12.40Sloan r12.30Sloan i13.64Sloan z11.29J10.98H10.94K10.89W110.94W210.84W38.97W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.827 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.726 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.63 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.102 · y = 0.995 · z = 0.016

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 84.15272° · Dec 0.89628°

Galactic ℓ, b

203.334° · -16.157°

Ecliptic λ, β

83.670° · -22.415°

HTM-20 index

1206776512

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