Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2803 A b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2803 A, located approximately 1,613.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.11 Earth radii
  • A mass of 309.88 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.94 g
  • An orbital period of 1.962 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0319 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,893 K (1620 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,613.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.052
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,460,747 years

TOI-2803 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.11 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.616 R♃
Mass
309.88 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.975 M♃
Density
0.29 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.94 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.052
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

#67of 1771

top 3.7%

This planet

18.11R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2803 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.1111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00309.88317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.291.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.942.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,150.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 309.883 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 124379043

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2913482170369046656

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2913482170369046656

System

TOI-2803

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.114 R⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1771
Mass 309.883 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.96 d · percentile 6 / cohort 1533
Distance 494.82 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.052 · percentile 5 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.962 days
Semi-major axis
0.0319 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.96 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0319 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.781 %

Duration

3.091 h

Impact parameter b

0.097

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,207.6864

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 17,810 ppm lasting ≈ 3.09 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.512

Impact parameter (b)

0.097

RV semi-amplitude (K)

146.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,207.6864

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06440

Eq. Temperature

1,893K

(1620 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,150.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.052

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-2803 A

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,280 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.245 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.118 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.298 dex

Stellar density

0.822 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
494.82 parsec
Light-years 1,613.88 ly
V-band magnitude
12.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 28,460,747 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.213.013.02B12.54V12.43Gaia12.08TESS11.61J11.36H11.28K11.20W111.24W211.26W39.22W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.992 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.903 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

11.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.050 · y = 0.916 · z = -0.399

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 93.11474° · Dec -23.49250°

Galactic ℓ, b

230.374° · -18.658°

Ecliptic λ, β

94.177° · -46.887°

HTM-20 index

-758334739

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