Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-4010 e

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-4010, located approximately 578.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 692.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.91 g
  • An orbital period of 762.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.5700 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 174 K (-99 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 578.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.322
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,209,605 years

3 siblings around TOI-4010

TOI-4010 e shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-4010 b Sub-Neptune 3.02 11.00 1.348 1,441 2023
TOI-4010 c Neptune-like 5.93 20.31 5.415 907 2023
TOI-4010 d Neptune-like 6.18 38.15 14.709 650 2023
TOI-4010 e this Gas Giant 13.30 692.00 762.000 174 2023

TOI-4010 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.190 R♃
Mass
692.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.177 M♃
Density
1.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.91 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.322
HZ Position Outer
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Telescope 3.58 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#793of 1771

top 44.7%

This planet

13.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4010 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00692.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.912.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.150.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 692.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 352682207

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 525352325110310400

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 525352325110310400

System

TOI-4010

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 692.000 M⊕ · percentile 57 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 762.00 d · percentile 73 / cohort 1533
Distance 177.50 pc · percentile 47 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.322 · percentile 63 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
762.000 days
Semi-major axis
1.5700 AU
Eccentricity
0.260
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.09 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.5700 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

54.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,218.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

138.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

8.84000

Eq. Temperature

174K

(-99 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.15

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.322

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Beyond the outer HZ boundary (too cold) — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Kunimoto et al. 2023

Instrument

HARPS-N Spectrograph

Publication

2023-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TOI-4010

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,960 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.10 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.830 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.880 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.37

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.540 dex

Stellar density

1.652 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.30 km/s

Rotation period

37.70 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.900

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
177.50 parsec
Light-years 578.94 ly
V-band magnitude
12.29 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,209,605 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.713.413.38B12.29V12.12Gaia11.52TESS10.65J10.25H10.16K10.05W110.14W29.93W38.66W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.605 mas

Total Proper Motion

43.662 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

38.62 mas/yr

PM Declination

-20.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.381 · y = 0.140 · z = 0.914

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 20.21482° · Dec 66.07220°

Galactic ℓ, b

125.913° · 3.371°

Ecliptic λ, β

52.281° · 51.525°

HTM-20 index

-1102041226

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