Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-5205 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-5205, located approximately 282.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 343.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.55 g
  • An orbital period of 1.631 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0199 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 737 K (464 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 281.96 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.214
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,972,357 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5205 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.030 R♃
Mass
343.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.080 M♃
Density
1.21 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.55 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.214
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

#1577of 1771

top 89.0%

This planet

11.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5205 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00343.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.211.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.552.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0049.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 343.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 419411415

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1842656663520849024

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1842656663520849024

System

TOI-5205

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.600 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1771
Mass 343.000 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.63 d · percentile 4 / cohort 1533
Distance 86.45 pc · percentile 32 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.214 · percentile 40 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.631 days
Semi-major axis
0.0199 AU
Eccentricity
0.020
Inclination
88.21 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.63 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0199 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

6.805 %

Duration

1.400 h

Impact parameter b

0.402

Rp / R★

0.272000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,443.4718

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 68,050 ppm lasting ≈ 1.40 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.272000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.940

Impact parameter (b)

0.402

RV semi-amplitude (K)

346.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,443.4718

Long. of periastron (ω)

-42.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.23000

Eq. Temperature

737K

(464 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

49.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.214

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

Kanodia et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5205

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,430 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.394 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.392 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.840 dex

Stellar density

9.000 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-65.90 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
86.45 parsec
Light-years 281.96 ly
V-band magnitude
15.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,972,357 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.719.919.85U16.63B15.90V14.93Gaia13.61TESS17.13Sloan g15.68Sloan r14.19Sloan i13.36Sloan z11.93J11.24H11.01K10.78W110.69W210.70W38.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

11.539 mas

Total Proper Motion

66.825 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

41.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

52.16 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.630 · y = -0.658 · z = 0.412

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 313.77068° · Dec 24.36098°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.534° · -13.203°

Ecliptic λ, β

325.106° · 39.800°

HTM-20 index

176918157

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