Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-628 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-628, located approximately 582.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.88 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,011.86 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 14.25 g
  • An orbital period of 3.410 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0486 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,586 K (1313 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 582.78 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.103
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,277,246 years

TOI-628 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.88 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.060 R♃
Mass
2,011.86 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
6.330 M♃
Density
6.58 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
14.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.103
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

#1547of 1771

top 87.3%

This planet

11.88R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-628 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.8811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,011.86317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.581.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0014.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,052.900.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,011.864 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 288842

TIC

TIC 281408474

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3126717023051258112

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3126717023056016256

System

TOI-628

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.882 R⊕ · percentile 12 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,011.864 M⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.41 d · percentile 22 / cohort 1533
Distance 178.68 pc · percentile 48 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.103 · percentile 27 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.410 days
Semi-major axis
0.0486 AU
Eccentricity
0.072
Inclination
88.41 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.41 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0486 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.657 %

Duration

3.782 h

Impact parameter b

0.230

Rp / R★

0.081080

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,629.4797

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,570 ppm lasting ≈ 3.78 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.081080

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.780

Impact parameter (b)

0.230

RV semi-amplitude (K)

713.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,629.4797

Long. of periastron (ω)

-74.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.27200

Eq. Temperature

1,586K

(1313 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,052.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.103

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

Rodriguez et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-628

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,250 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.28 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.345 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.311 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

0.762 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

20.07 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

6.90 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
178.68 parsec
Light-years 582.78 ly
V-band magnitude
10.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,277,246 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.810.710.67B10.11V10.06Gaia9.66TESS9.17J8.90H8.81K8.76W18.80W28.57W37.82W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.570 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.798 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.44 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.08 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.161 · y = 0.986 · z = 0.031

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 99.26306° · Dec 1.76755°

Galactic ℓ, b

209.717° · -2.392°

Ecliptic λ, β

99.944° · -21.352°

HTM-20 index

455381948

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