Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-3807 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-3807, located approximately 1,375.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.49 Earth radii
  • A mass of 330.54 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 2.899 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0421 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,646 K (1373 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,375.55 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.061
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,257,763 years

TOI-3807 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.49 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.650 R♃
Mass
330.54 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.040 M♃
Density
0.29 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.061
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

#54of 1771

top 3.0%

This planet

18.49R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3807 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.4911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00330.54317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.291.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,230.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 330.542 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 289661991

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1117620107545810944

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1117620107545810944

System

TOI-3807

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.495 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1771
Mass 330.542 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.90 d · percentile 15 / cohort 1533
Distance 421.75 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.061 · percentile 9 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.899 days
Semi-major axis
0.0421 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
80.81 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.90 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0421 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.360 %

Duration

1.780 h

Impact parameter b

1.000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,218.1345

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,600 ppm lasting ≈ 1.78 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.140

Impact parameter (b)

1.000

RV semi-amplitude (K)

130.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,218.1345

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09980

Eq. Temperature

1,646K

(1373 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,230.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.061

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-3807

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,772 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.60 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.468 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.181 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.174 dex

Stellar density

0.521 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
421.75 parsec
Light-years 1,375.55 ly
V-band magnitude
11.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,257,763 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.612.812.76B11.86V12.03Gaia11.58TESS10.96J10.63H10.62K10.59W110.64W210.59W38.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.342 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.461 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.55 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.35 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.270 · y = 0.234 · z = 0.934

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 139.11256° · Dec 69.07413°

Galactic ℓ, b

144.331° · 37.871°

Ecliptic λ, β

114.734° · 49.816°

HTM-20 index

-1479082544

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