Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2842 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2842, located approximately 1,503.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.85 Earth radii
  • A mass of 117.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.71 g
  • An orbital period of 3.551 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0475 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,471 K (1198 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,503.56 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.077
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,515,329 years

TOI-2842 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.85 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.146 R♃
Mass
117.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.370 M♃
Density
0.30 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.71 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.077
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

#1055of 1771

top 59.5%

This planet

12.85R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2842 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00117.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.301.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.712.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00781.800.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 117.597 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 178162579

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3046327742219111808

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3046327742219111808

System

TOI-2842

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.845 R⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1771
Mass 117.597 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.55 d · percentile 24 / cohort 1533
Distance 461.00 pc · percentile 73 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.077 · percentile 17 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.551 days
Semi-major axis
0.0475 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.42 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.55 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0475 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.867 %

Duration

2.575 h

Impact parameter b

0.785

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,172.1791

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,670 ppm lasting ≈ 2.58 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.070

Impact parameter (b)

0.785

RV semi-amplitude (K)

45.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,172.1791

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10300

Eq. Temperature

1,471K

(1198 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

781.80

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.077

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-2842

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,910 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.265 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.135 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.23

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.288 dex

Stellar density

0.789 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
461.00 parsec
Light-years 1,503.56 ly
V-band magnitude
12.59 mag
Voyager-speed travel 26,515,329 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.813.313.25B12.59V12.46Gaia12.03TESS11.41J11.15H11.06K11.05W111.10W211.25W38.81W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.141 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.182 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.12 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.304 · y = 0.934 · z = -0.185

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 108.04421° · Dec -10.63934°

Galactic ℓ, b

224.751° · -0.295°

Ecliptic λ, β

111.219° · -32.759°

HTM-20 index

196239542

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