Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-615 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-615, located approximately 1,175.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.98 Earth radii
  • A mass of 138.26 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.38 g
  • An orbital period of 4.662 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0678 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,666 K (1393 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,175.49 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.046
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,729,806 years

TOI-615 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.98 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.693 R♃
Mass
138.26 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.435 M♃
Density
0.08 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.38 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.046
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

#45of 1771

top 2.5%

This planet

18.98R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-615 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.9811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00138.26317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.081.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.382.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,286.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 138.255 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 190496853

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5524780333100885888

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5524780333100885888

System

TOI-615

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.977 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1771
Mass 138.255 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.66 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1533
Distance 360.41 pc · percentile 66 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.046 · percentile 3 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.662 days
Semi-major axis
0.0678 AU
Eccentricity
0.390
Inclination
86.73 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.66 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0678 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.197 %

Duration

4.241 h

Impact parameter b

0.476

Rp / R★

0.100230

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,259.4938

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,972 ppm lasting ≈ 4.24 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.100230

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.458

Impact parameter (b)

0.476

RV semi-amplitude (K)

42.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,259.4938

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.18800

Eq. Temperature

1,666K

(1393 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,286.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.046

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

Psaridi et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-615

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,850 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.732 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.449 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.200 dex

Stellar density

0.276 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

16.30 km/s

Rotation period

5.38 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
360.41 parsec
Light-years 1,175.49 ly
V-band magnitude
10.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,729,806 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.311.111.11B10.83V10.58Gaia10.30TESS9.88J9.74H9.67K9.64W19.66W29.75W39.29W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.746 mas

Total Proper Motion

30.861 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-17.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

25.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.522 · y = 0.552 · z = -0.650

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 133.40869° · Dec -40.54370°

Galactic ℓ, b

262.000° · 2.714°

Ecliptic λ, β

154.599° · -54.685°

HTM-20 index

-1897864843

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