Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-5293 A b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-5293 A, located approximately 529.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 170.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.20 g
  • An orbital period of 2.930 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0340 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 675 K (402 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 529.12 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.204
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,331,024 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5293 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.060 R♃
Mass
170.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.540 M♃
Density
0.56 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.204
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

#1526of 1771

top 86.1%

This planet

11.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5293 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00170.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.561.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0034.600.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 170.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 250111245

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2640121486388076032

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2640121486388076032

System

TOI-5293

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.900 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1771
Mass 170.400 M⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.93 d · percentile 15 / cohort 1533
Distance 162.23 pc · percentile 46 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.204 · percentile 40 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.930 days
Semi-major axis
0.0340 AU
Eccentricity
0.380
Inclination
88.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.93 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0340 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

5.083 %

Duration

1.940 h

Impact parameter b

0.320

Rp / R★

0.210000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,448.9148

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 50,830 ppm lasting ≈ 1.94 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.210000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.320

RV semi-amplitude (K)

115.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,448.9148

Long. of periastron (ω)

-92.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-12.00°

True obliquity (ψ)

24.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.21000

Eq. Temperature

675K

(402 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

34.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.204

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

Ca Ntilde As et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5293 A

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,586 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.520 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.540 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.770 dex

Stellar density

5.400 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

8.00 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

20.60 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
162.23 parsec
Light-years 529.12 ly
V-band magnitude
16.19 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,331,024 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.917.317.30B16.19V14.98Gaia13.98TESS12.47J11.86H11.64K11.37W111.30W211.18W38.91W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.136 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.785 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-16.78 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.39 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.997 · y = -0.073 · z = -0.036

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 355.82868° · Dec -2.04509°

Galactic ℓ, b

87.005° · -60.076°

Ecliptic λ, β

355.356° · -0.219°

HTM-20 index

-1522617901

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