Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-4127 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4127, located approximately 1,042.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.29 Earth radii
  • A mass of 731.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.84 g
  • An orbital period of 56.399 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3081 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 605 K (332 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,042.50 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.275
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,384,468 years

TOI-4127 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.29 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.096 R♃
Mass
731.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.300 M♃
Density
2.17 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.84 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.275
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

#1391of 1771

top 78.5%

This planet

12.29R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4127 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.2911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00731.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.171.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.842.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0022.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 731.005 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 141488193

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1111639314047794944

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1111639314047794944

System

TOI-4127

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.285 R⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1771
Mass 731.005 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 56.40 d · percentile 51 / cohort 1533
Distance 319.63 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.275 · percentile 51 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
56.399 days
Semi-major axis
0.3081 AU
Eccentricity
0.747
Inclination
89.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 56.40 Earth days (15.4% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.3081 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.746 %

Duration

4.069 h

Impact parameter b

0.170

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,862.7282

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,460 ppm lasting ≈ 4.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Impact parameter (b)

0.170

RV semi-amplitude (K)

160.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,862.7282

Long. of periastron (ω)

129.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.96400

Eq. Temperature

605K

(332 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

22.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.275

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

Gupta et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4127

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,096 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.293 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.230 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.260 dex

Stellar density

0.775 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

7.70 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
319.63 parsec
Light-years 1,042.50 ly
V-band magnitude
11.44 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,384,468 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.912.012.02B11.44V11.41Gaia11.04TESS10.54J10.31H10.25K10.21W110.25W210.28W38.92W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.100 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.632 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.20 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.080 · y = 0.291 · z = 0.953

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 105.40455° · Dec 72.41493°

Galactic ℓ, b

142.647° · 26.527°

Ecliptic λ, β

97.073° · 49.354°

HTM-20 index

-2000127640

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