Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-4087 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4087, located approximately 983.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.05 Earth radii
  • A mass of 232.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.36 g
  • An orbital period of 3.177 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0447 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,458 K (1185 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 983.93 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.087
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,351,682 years

TOI-4087 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.05 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.164 R♃
Mass
232.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.730 M♃
Density
0.57 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.36 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.087
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

#955of 1771

top 53.9%

This planet

13.05R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4087 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.0511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00232.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.571.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.362.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00753.900.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 232.015 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 310002617

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1725490333641502976

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1725490333641502976

System

TOI-4087

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.047 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 232.015 M⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.18 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1533
Distance 301.68 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.087 · percentile 21 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.177 days
Semi-major axis
0.0447 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.18 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0447 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.157 %

Duration

2.984 h

Impact parameter b

0.328

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,244.5664

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,565 ppm lasting ≈ 2.98 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.630

Impact parameter (b)

0.328

RV semi-amplitude (K)

90.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,244.5664

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14800

Eq. Temperature

1,458K

(1185 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

753.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.087

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-4087

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,060 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.112 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.178 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.416 dex

Stellar density

1.205 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
301.68 parsec
Light-years 983.93 ly
V-band magnitude
12.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,351,682 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.012.412.44B12.11V11.71Gaia11.30TESS10.75J10.49H10.44K10.39W110.43W210.38W38.97W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.286 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.685 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-16.73 mas/yr

PM Declination

10.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.091 · y = -0.071 · z = 0.993

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 217.92578° · Dec 83.37271°

Galactic ℓ, b

119.586° · 33.091°

Ecliptic λ, β

105.417° · 69.979°

HTM-20 index

633887310

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