Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

TOI-677 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-677, located approximately 462.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.11 Earth radii
  • A mass of 392.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.28 g
  • An orbital period of 11.237 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1041 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,252 K (979 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 462.53 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.113
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,156,687 years

TOI-677 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.11 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
392.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.234 M♃
Density
0.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.113
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

#907of 1771

top 51.2%

This planet

13.11R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-677 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00392.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0037.630.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 392.200 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 280206394

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5313031504751276032

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5313031504751276032

System

TOI-677

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.115 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771
Mass 392.200 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 11.24 d · percentile 45 / cohort 1533
Distance 141.81 pc · percentile 43 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.113 · percentile 30 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.237 days
Semi-major axis
0.1041 AU
Eccentricity
0.460
Inclination
85.77 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.24 Earth days (3.1% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1041 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.941 %

Duration

2.535 h

Impact parameter b

0.709

Rp / R★

0.094040

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,547.4745

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 9,414 ppm lasting ≈ 2.54 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.094040

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

17.490

Impact parameter (b)

0.709

RV semi-amplitude (K)

112.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,547.4745

Long. of periastron (ω)

72.90°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

3.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.73400

Eq. Temperature

1,252K

(979 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

37.63

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.113

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

Jord Aacute N et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-677

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,295 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.92 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.280 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.181 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.291 dex

Stellar density

0.800 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

7.80 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
141.81 parsec
Light-years 462.53 ly
V-band magnitude
9.82 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,156,687 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.310.410.35B9.82V9.66Gaia9.27TESS8.72J8.47H8.43K8.38W18.41W28.35W38.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.023 mas

Total Proper Motion

49.144 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-24.82 mas/yr

PM Declination

42.42 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.516 · y = 0.373 · z = -0.771

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 144.11936° · Dec -50.46309°

Galactic ℓ, b

274.335° · 1.258°

Ecliptic λ, β

176.055° · -58.869°

HTM-20 index

-1604034335

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