Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-4582 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-4582, located approximately 1,251.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.54 Earth radii
  • A mass of 168.45 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.52 g
  • An orbital period of 31.034 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 615 K (342 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,251.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.245
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,077,904 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-4582 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.54 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.940 R♃
Mass
168.45 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.530 M♃
Density
0.79 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.52 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.245
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

#1727of 1771

top 97.5%

This planet

10.54R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4582 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.5411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00168.45317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.791.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.522.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0033.730.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 168.449 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 219854519

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1636984973365053056

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1636984973365053056

System

TOI-4582

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.536 R⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1771
Mass 168.449 M⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 31.03 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1533
Distance 383.85 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.245 · percentile 43 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
31.034 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.510
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 31.03 Earth days (8.5% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.157 %

Duration

12.059 h

Impact parameter b

0.520

Rp / R★

0.035100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,712.1770

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,572 ppm lasting ≈ 12.06 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.035100

Impact parameter (b)

0.520

RV semi-amplitude (K)

31.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,712.1770

Long. of periastron (ω)

-0.17°

Eq. Temperature

615K

(342 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

33.73

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.245

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Grunblatt et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4582

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,190 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

2.500 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.340 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.770 dex

Stellar density

0.084 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.70 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
383.85 parsec
Light-years 1,251.94 ly
V-band magnitude
11.27 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,077,904 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.212.012.03B11.27V11.08Gaia10.55TESS9.79J9.42H9.33K9.27W19.33W29.24W39.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.576 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.112 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-20.08 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.082 · y = -0.351 · z = 0.933

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 256.86014° · Dec 68.86563°

Galactic ℓ, b

99.785° · 34.470°

Ecliptic λ, β

149.187° · 84.524°

HTM-20 index

-864598353

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