Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-4463 A b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-4463 A, located approximately 564.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.26 Earth radii
  • A mass of 252.36 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.44 g
  • An orbital period of 2.881 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0404 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,395 K (1122 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 564.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.092
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,957,276 years

TOI-4463 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.26 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.183 R♃
Mass
252.36 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.794 M♃
Density
0.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.44 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.092
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

#843of 1771

top 47.5%

This planet

13.26R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4463 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.2611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00252.36317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.442.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00633.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 252.356 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 8599009

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4524517290642206336

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4524517290642206336

System

TOI-4463

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.260 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1771
Mass 252.356 M⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.88 d · percentile 14 / cohort 1533
Distance 173.12 pc · percentile 47 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.092 · percentile 24 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.881 days
Semi-major axis
0.0404 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.88 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0404 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.311 %

Duration

1.850 h

Impact parameter b

0.880

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,291.6400

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,110 ppm lasting ≈ 1.85 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.170

Impact parameter (b)

0.880

RV semi-amplitude (K)

108.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,291.6400

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.23300

Eq. Temperature

1,395K

(1122 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

633.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.092

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-4463 A

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,640 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.062 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.056 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.410 dex

Stellar density

1.240 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
173.12 parsec
Light-years 564.63 ly
V-band magnitude
11.04 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,957,276 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.811.611.65B11.04V10.95Gaia10.47TESS9.80J9.45H9.40K9.34W19.39W29.40W38.80W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.748 mas

Total Proper Motion

50.989 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.21 mas/yr

PM Declination

50.72 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.154 · y = -0.934 · z = 0.321

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 279.35813° · Dec 18.72995°

Galactic ℓ, b

48.278° · 11.414°

Ecliptic λ, β

281.914° · 41.783°

HTM-20 index

-728599302

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