Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-3819 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-3819, located approximately 1,820.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 352.79 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.04 g
  • An orbital period of 3.244 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0461 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,633 K (1360 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,820.41 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.081
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,102,935 years

TOI-3819 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.172 R♃
Mass
352.79 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.110 M♃
Density
0.85 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.04 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

#903of 1771

top 50.9%

This planet

13.14R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3819 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00352.79317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.851.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,186.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 352.790 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 95660472

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 876608292608416512

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 876608292608416512

System

TOI-3819

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.137 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771
Mass 352.790 M⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.24 d · percentile 19 / cohort 1533
Distance 558.14 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.081 · percentile 19 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.244 days
Semi-major axis
0.0461 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
82.79 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.24 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0461 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.613 %

Duration

2.779 h

Impact parameter b

0.808

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,502.7437

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,130 ppm lasting ≈ 2.78 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.430

Impact parameter (b)

0.808

RV semi-amplitude (K)

131.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,502.7437

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08260

Eq. Temperature

1,633K

(1360 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,186.00

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-3819

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,859 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.538 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.242 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.27

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.156 dex

Stellar density

0.478 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
558.14 parsec
Light-years 1,820.41 ly
V-band magnitude
12.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,102,935 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.915.215.24U13.18B12.54V12.41Gaia11.98TESS12.99Sloan g12.47Sloan r12.35Sloan i14.08Sloan z11.40J11.14H11.08K11.03W111.08W210.83W38.92W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.763 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.578 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.04 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.460 · y = 0.740 · z = 0.491

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 121.86326° · Dec 29.38864°

Galactic ℓ, b

192.471° · 28.443°

Ecliptic λ, β

117.749° · 8.968°

HTM-20 index

-1507657892

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