Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

TOI-564 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-564, located approximately 650.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.43 Earth radii
  • A mass of 464.99 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.56 g
  • An orbital period of 1.651 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0273 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,714 K (1441 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 650.95 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.088
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,479,422 years

TOI-564 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.43 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.020 R♃
Mass
464.99 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.463 M♃
Density
1.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.56 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.088
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1596of 1771

top 90.1%

This planet

11.43R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-564 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.4311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00464.99317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.562.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,423.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 464.985 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 1003831

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5710154317045164416

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5710154317045164416

System

TOI-564

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.433 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1771
Mass 464.985 M⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.65 d · percentile 4 / cohort 1533
Distance 199.58 pc · percentile 50 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.088 · percentile 22 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.651 days
Semi-major axis
0.0273 AU
Eccentricity
0.072
Inclination
78.38 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.65 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0273 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.920 %

Duration

1.027 h

Impact parameter b

0.994

Rp / R★

0.096000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,549.5755

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 9,200 ppm lasting ≈ 1.03 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.096000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.320

Impact parameter (b)

0.994

RV semi-amplitude (K)

247.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,549.5755

Long. of periastron (ω)

94.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13700

Eq. Temperature

1,714K

(1441 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,423.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.088

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

Davis et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-564

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,640 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.088 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.998 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.364 dex

Stellar density

1.095 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

7.72 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
199.58 parsec
Light-years 650.95 ly
V-band magnitude
11.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,479,422 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.211.811.79B11.10V11.14Gaia10.67TESS10.04J9.71H9.60K9.56W19.60W29.59W38.23W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.982 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.306 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.622 · y = 0.733 · z = -0.276

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 130.29515° · Dec -16.03633°

Galactic ℓ, b

240.629° · 15.554°

Ecliptic λ, β

137.843° · -33.027°

HTM-20 index

1938046148

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