Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-3023 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-3023, located approximately 1,271.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.43 Earth radii
  • A mass of 197.05 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.73 g
  • An orbital period of 3.901 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0505 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,596 K (1323 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,271.73 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.063
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,427,035 years

TOI-3023 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.43 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.466 R♃
Mass
197.05 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.620 M♃
Density
0.25 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.73 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.063
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

#135of 1771

top 7.6%

This planet

16.43R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3023 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.4311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00197.05317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.251.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.732.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,084.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 197.054 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 454248975

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5227928170880093568

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5227928170880093568

System

TOI-3023

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.432 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1771
Mass 197.054 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.90 d · percentile 28 / cohort 1533
Distance 389.92 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.063 · percentile 10 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.901 days
Semi-major axis
0.0505 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.90 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0505 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.815 %

Duration

4.961 h

Impact parameter b

0.130

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,071.1922

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,150 ppm lasting ≈ 4.96 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.530

Impact parameter (b)

0.130

RV semi-amplitude (K)

74.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,071.1922

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13000

Eq. Temperature

1,596K

(1323 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,084.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.063

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-3023

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,760 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.668 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.120 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.048 dex

Stellar density

0.346 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
389.92 parsec
Light-years 1,271.73 ly
V-band magnitude
12.25 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,427,035 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.613.113.07B12.25V12.03Gaia11.48TESS10.68J10.31H10.24K10.16W110.19W29.99W38.59W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.536 mas

Total Proper Motion

71.478 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-66.73 mas/yr

PM Declination

25.63 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.293 · y = 0.077 · z = -0.953

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 165.31582° · Dec -72.35670°

Galactic ℓ, b

294.716° · -11.266°

Ecliptic λ, β

226.461° · -64.808°

HTM-20 index

1144312691

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