Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-4145 A b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-4145 A, located approximately 669.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.31 Earth radii
  • A mass of 136.67 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.77 g
  • An orbital period of 4.066 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0482 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,074 K (801 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 669.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.111
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,813,369 years

TOI-4145 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.31 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.187 R♃
Mass
136.67 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.430 M♃
Density
0.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.77 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.111
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

#791of 1771

top 44.6%

This planet

13.31R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4145 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00136.67317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.772.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00223.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 136.666 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 279947414

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 568619413331898240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 568619413331898240

System

TOI-4145

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.305 R⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 1771
Mass 136.666 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.07 d · percentile 29 / cohort 1533
Distance 205.39 pc · percentile 51 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.111 · percentile 29 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.066 days
Semi-major axis
0.0482 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.07 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0482 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.015 %

Duration

2.106 h

Impact parameter b

0.800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,925.8821

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 20,150 ppm lasting ≈ 2.11 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.070

Impact parameter (b)

0.800

RV semi-amplitude (K)

57.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,925.8821

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.23500

Eq. Temperature

1,074K

(801 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

223.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.111

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-4145 A

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,281 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.859 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.905 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.526 dex

Stellar density

2.010 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
205.39 parsec
Light-years 669.88 ly
V-band magnitude
12.08 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,813,369 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.612.912.94B12.08V12.06Gaia11.52TESS10.78J10.38H10.29K10.20W110.25W210.22W38.64W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.840 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.842 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

11.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.41 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.131 · y = 0.107 · z = 0.986

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 39.42974° · Dec 80.26738°

Galactic ℓ, b

127.501° · 18.352°

Ecliptic λ, β

75.091° · 59.493°

HTM-20 index

531478285

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