Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-519 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-519, located approximately 376.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.55 Earth radii
  • A mass of 147.15 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 1.265 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0159 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 687 K (414 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 376.90 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.203
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,646,562 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-519 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.55 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.030 R♃
Mass
147.15 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.463 M♃
Density
0.56 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.203
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1587of 1771

top 89.6%

This planet

11.55R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-519 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.5511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00147.15317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.561.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0054.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 147.155 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 218795833

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5707485527450614656

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5707485527450614656

System

TOI-519

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.545 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1771
Mass 147.155 M⊕ · percentile 12 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.27 d · percentile 1 / cohort 1533
Distance 115.56 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.203 · percentile 40 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.265 days
Semi-major axis
0.0159 AU
Eccentricity
0.330
Inclination
88.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.27 Earth days (0.3% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0159 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

11.022 %

Duration

1.236 h

Impact parameter b

0.313

Rp / R★

0.304000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,013.1530

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 110,216 ppm lasting ≈ 1.24 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.304000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.901

Impact parameter (b)

0.313

RV semi-amplitude (K)

182.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,013.1530

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13800

Eq. Temperature

687K

(414 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

54.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.203

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

Parviainen et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-519

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,322 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.350 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.335 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.27

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.870 dex

Stellar density

11.450 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

26.89 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
115.56 parsec
Light-years 376.90 ly
V-band magnitude
17.35 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,646,562 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.817.917.87B17.35V15.71Gaia14.43TESS12.85J12.23H11.95K11.79W111.64W211.59W38.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.626 mas

Total Proper Motion

51.087 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-41.99 mas/yr

PM Declination

29.10 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.535 · y = 0.775 · z = -0.336

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 124.60676° · Dec -19.66279°

Galactic ℓ, b

240.599° · 9.038°

Ecliptic λ, β

132.810° · -38.099°

HTM-20 index

1754077315

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