Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-640 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-640, located approximately 1,115.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 19.28 Earth radii
  • A mass of 181.16 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.49 g
  • An orbital period of 5.004 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0661 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,816 K (1543 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,115.44 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.046
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,670,849 years

TOI-640 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
19.28 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.720 R♃
Mass
181.16 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.570 M♃
Density
0.14 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.49 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.046
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

#41of 1771

top 2.3%

This planet

19.28R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-640 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0019.2811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00181.16317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.141.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.492.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,150.120.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 181.162 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 147977348

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5580554052549277056

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5580554052549277056

System

TOI-640

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 19.279 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1771
Mass 181.162 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.00 d · percentile 36 / cohort 1533
Distance 342.00 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.046 · percentile 3 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.004 days
Semi-major axis
0.0661 AU
Eccentricity
0.013
Inclination
81.79 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.00 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0661 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.739 %

Duration

3.696 h

Impact parameter b

0.904

Rp / R★

0.085100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,459.7413

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,390 ppm lasting ≈ 3.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.085100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.330

Impact parameter (b)

0.904

RV semi-amplitude (K)

50.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,459.7413

Long. of periastron (ω)

87.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

184.00°

True obliquity (ψ)

104.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19300

Eq. Temperature

1,816K

(1543 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,150.12

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

Rodriguez et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-640

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,460 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.99 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.082 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.536 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.987 dex

Stellar density

0.240 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

40.53 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

5.90 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
342.00 parsec
Light-years 1,115.44 ly
V-band magnitude
10.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,670,849 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.511.111.06B10.51V10.40Gaia10.04TESS9.52J9.33H9.24K9.21W19.23W29.22W38.51W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.895 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.266 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.87 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.136 · y = 0.791 · z = -0.597

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 99.73459° · Dec -36.64613°

Galactic ℓ, b

245.477° · -18.125°

Ecliptic λ, β

105.529° · -59.562°

HTM-20 index

-140732230

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