Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-4791 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4791, located approximately 1,072.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.44 Earth radii
  • A mass of 734.18 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.74 g
  • An orbital period of 4.281 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0555 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,472 K (1199 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,072.41 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.106
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,911,904 years

TOI-4791 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.44 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.110 R♃
Mass
734.18 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.310 M♃
Density
2.09 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.74 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.106
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

#1293of 1771

top 73.0%

This planet

12.44R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4791 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.4411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00734.18317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.091.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.742.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00783.200.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 734.184 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 100389539

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2930141657016297216

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2930141657016297216

System

TOI-4791

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.442 R⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1771
Mass 734.184 M⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.28 d · percentile 32 / cohort 1533
Distance 328.80 pc · percentile 63 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.106 · percentile 28 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.281 days
Semi-major axis
0.0555 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.55 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.28 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0555 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.655 %

Duration

3.334 h

Impact parameter b

0.657

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,237.5951

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,550 ppm lasting ≈ 3.33 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.460

Impact parameter (b)

0.657

RV semi-amplitude (K)

250.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,237.5951

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16900

Eq. Temperature

1,472K

(1199 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

783.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.106

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-4791

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,058 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.409 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.242 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.234 dex

Stellar density

0.624 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
328.80 parsec
Light-years 1,072.41 ly
V-band magnitude
11.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,911,904 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.111.811.85B11.54V11.32Gaia10.90TESS10.32J10.11H10.02K9.96W19.99W210.03W39.11W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.013 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.549 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.28 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.312 · y = 0.887 · z = -0.339

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 109.38838° · Dec -19.82894°

Galactic ℓ, b

233.498° · -3.410°

Ecliptic λ, β

114.688° · -41.621°

HTM-20 index

463948770

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