Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-558 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-558, located approximately 1,313.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.17 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,147.36 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 7.74 g
  • An orbital period of 14.574 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1291 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,061 K (788 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,313.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.163
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,158,314 years

TOI-558 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.17 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.086 R♃
Mass
1,147.36 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.610 M♃
Density
3.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
7.74 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.163
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

#1442of 1771

top 81.4%

This planet

12.17R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-558 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,147.36317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.007.742.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00248.860.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,147.361 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 207110080

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4727755005637190016

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4727755005637190016

System

TOI-558

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.173 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,147.361 M⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 14.57 d · percentile 46 / cohort 1533
Distance 402.63 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.163 · percentile 38 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.574 days
Semi-major axis
0.1291 AU
Eccentricity
0.298
Inclination
86.24 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.57 Earth days (4.0% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1291 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.557 %

Duration

2.705 h

Impact parameter b

0.907

Rp / R★

0.074600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,871.0725

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,570 ppm lasting ≈ 2.71 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.074600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.560

Impact parameter (b)

0.907

RV semi-amplitude (K)

257.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,871.0725

Long. of periastron (ω)

132.30°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.32100

Eq. Temperature

1,061K

(788 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

248.86

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.163

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

Ikwut Ukwa et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-558

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,466 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.79 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.496 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.349 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.218 dex

Stellar density

0.568 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

7.80 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
402.63 parsec
Light-years 1,313.20 ly
V-band magnitude
11.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,158,314 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.011.911.90B11.23V11.33Gaia10.99TESS10.58J10.31H10.26K10.24W110.26W210.22W39.01W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.455 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.005 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.86 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.392 · y = 0.356 · z = -0.848

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 42.29151° · Dec -58.02468°

Galactic ℓ, b

277.395° · -52.870°

Ecliptic λ, β

358.462° · -66.929°

HTM-20 index

1808600582

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