Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-3693 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-3693, located approximately 575.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 324.18 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.04 g
  • An orbital period of 9.089 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0813 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 801 K (528 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 575.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.183
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,148,177 years

TOI-3693 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.124 R♃
Mass
324.18 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.020 M♃
Density
0.89 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.183
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1223of 1771

top 69.0%

This planet

12.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3693 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00324.18317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.891.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0068.600.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 324.185 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 240823272

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 404433018447476096

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 404433018447476096

System

TOI-3693

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.599 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 324.185 M⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 9.09 d · percentile 43 / cohort 1533
Distance 176.44 pc · percentile 47 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.183 · percentile 39 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.089 days
Semi-major axis
0.0813 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.57 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.09 Earth days (2.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0813 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.134 %

Duration

3.557 h

Impact parameter b

0.170

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,806.6816

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 21,340 ppm lasting ≈ 3.56 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.130

Impact parameter (b)

0.170

RV semi-amplitude (K)

109.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,806.6816

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.46100

Eq. Temperature

801K

(528 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

68.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.183

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-3693

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,321 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.791 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.867 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.581 dex

Stellar density

2.480 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
176.44 parsec
Light-years 575.46 ly
V-band magnitude
11.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,148,177 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.912.612.63B11.95V11.96Gaia11.42TESS10.66J10.25H10.15K10.13W110.18W210.14W38.94W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.639 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.432 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.93 mas/yr

PM Declination

-21.33 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.602 · y = 0.169 · z = 0.780

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 15.65439° · Dec 51.30389°

Galactic ℓ, b

124.715° · -11.529°

Ecliptic λ, β

37.693° · 40.464°

HTM-20 index

804159560

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