Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2818 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2818, located approximately 1,019.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.28 Earth radii
  • A mass of 225.66 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 4.040 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0493 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,376 K (1103 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,019.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.081
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,984,260 years

TOI-2818 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.28 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.363 R♃
Mass
225.66 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.710 M♃
Density
0.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.081
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

#211of 1771

top 11.9%

This planet

15.28R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2818 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.2811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00225.66317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00598.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 225.658 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 151483286

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5545555570947605376

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5545555570947605376

System

TOI-2818

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.278 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1771
Mass 225.658 M⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.04 d · percentile 29 / cohort 1533
Distance 312.67 pc · percentile 61 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.081 · percentile 19 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.040 days
Semi-major axis
0.0493 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.73 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.04 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0493 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.300 %

Duration

3.804 h

Impact parameter b

0.340

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,023.4464

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,000 ppm lasting ≈ 3.80 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.630

Impact parameter (b)

0.340

RV semi-amplitude (K)

91.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,023.4464

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15800

Eq. Temperature

1,376K

(1103 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

598.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.081

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-2818

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,721 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.229 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.977 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.250 dex

Stellar density

0.745 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
312.67 parsec
Light-years 1,019.81 ly
V-band magnitude
11.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,984,260 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.712.612.64B11.94V11.84Gaia11.39TESS10.74J10.45H10.40K10.33W110.37W210.20W38.70W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.170 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.889 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.10 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.397 · y = 0.715 · z = -0.575

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 119.05982° · Dec -35.11671°

Galactic ℓ, b

251.037° · -3.394°

Ecliptic λ, β

132.921° · -54.310°

HTM-20 index

1416759231

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