Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-5542 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-5542, located approximately 1,137.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.31 Earth radii
  • A mass of 419.53 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.28 g
  • An orbital period of 75.124 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3320 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 441 K (168 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,137.79 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.360
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,064,960 years

TOI-5542 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.31 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.009 R♃
Mass
419.53 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.320 M♃
Density
1.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.360
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1617of 1771

top 91.2%

This planet

11.31R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5542 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.3111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00419.53317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.009.600.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 419.534 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 466206508

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6443054270942726144

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6443054270942726144

System

TOI-5542

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.310 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1771
Mass 419.534 M⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 75.12 d · percentile 52 / cohort 1533
Distance 348.85 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.360 · percentile 73 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
75.124 days
Semi-major axis
0.3320 AU
Eccentricity
0.018
Inclination
89.64 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 75.12 Earth days (20.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3320 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.117 %

Duration

8.599 h

Impact parameter b

0.419

Rp / R★

0.098000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,679.3476

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,171 ppm lasting ≈ 8.60 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.098000

Impact parameter (b)

0.419

RV semi-amplitude (K)

69.170 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,679.3476

Long. of periastron (ω)

125.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.95200

Eq. Temperature

441K

(168 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

9.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.360

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Grieves et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5542

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,700 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.058 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.200 dex

Stellar density

1.030 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.03 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.280

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
348.85 parsec
Light-years 1,137.79 ly
V-band magnitude
12.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,064,960 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.812.912.92B12.42V12.28Gaia11.85TESS11.27J10.95H10.90K10.82W110.87W210.74W38.80W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.838 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.848 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.261 · y = -0.406 · z = -0.876

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 302.79842° · Dec -61.13547°

Galactic ℓ, b

335.725° · -33.083°

Ecliptic λ, β

289.940° · -39.948°

HTM-20 index

-801896825

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