Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-4137 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4137, located approximately 1,092.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.57 Earth radii
  • A mass of 457.67 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.48 g
  • An orbital period of 3.802 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0522 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,570 K (1297 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,092.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.087
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,267,996 years

TOI-4137 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.57 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.211 R♃
Mass
457.67 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.440 M♃
Density
1.01 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.48 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.087
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#658of 1771

top 37.1%

This planet

13.57R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4137 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00457.67317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.011.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.482.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,013.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 457.673 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 417646390

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 497750842338402560

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 497750842338402560

System

TOI-4137

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.574 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 457.673 M⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.80 d · percentile 27 / cohort 1533
Distance 334.99 pc · percentile 63 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.087 · percentile 21 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.802 days
Semi-major axis
0.0522 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.80 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0522 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.749 %

Duration

3.430 h

Impact parameter b

0.584

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,990.4665

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,490 ppm lasting ≈ 3.43 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.584

RV semi-amplitude (K)

156.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,990.4665

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15600

Eq. Temperature

1,570K

(1297 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,013.00

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. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4137

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,202 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.438 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.313 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.240 dex

Stellar density

0.621 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
334.99 parsec
Light-years 1,092.60 ly
V-band magnitude
11.31 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,267,996 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.912.112.07B11.31V11.25Gaia10.86TESS10.31J10.05H10.00K9.96W110.00W29.93W37.90W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.957 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.075 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

19.86 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.94 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.072 · y = 0.328 · z = 0.942

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 77.61288° · Dec 70.39108°

Galactic ℓ, b

141.500° · 17.587°

Ecliptic λ, β

83.912° · 47.213°

HTM-20 index

1701958435

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