Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

TOI-892 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-892, located approximately 1,110.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.99 Earth radii
  • A mass of 301.94 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.10 g
  • An orbital period of 10.627 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0920 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,397 K (1124 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,110.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.102
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,587,219 years

TOI-892 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.99 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.070 R♃
Mass
301.94 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.950 M♃
Density
0.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.102
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

#1510of 1771

top 85.2%

This planet

11.99R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-892 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.9911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00301.94317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00571.010.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 301.939 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 66561343

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3010759262610139776

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3010759262610139776

System

TOI-892

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.994 R⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 1771
Mass 301.939 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 10.63 d · percentile 45 / cohort 1533
Distance 340.54 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.102 · percentile 27 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.627 days
Semi-major axis
0.0920 AU
Eccentricity
0.125
Inclination
88.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.63 Earth days (2.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0920 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.753 %

Duration

5.415 h

Impact parameter b

0.430

Rp / R★

0.079000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,475.6890

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,530 ppm lasting ≈ 5.42 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.079000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.430

RV semi-amplitude (K)

74.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,475.6890

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-12.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.27000

Eq. Temperature

1,397K

(1124 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

571.01

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.102

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

Brahm et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-892

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,261 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.390 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.280 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.260 dex

Stellar density

0.482 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

41.10 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

7.69 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
340.54 parsec
Light-years 1,110.70 ly
V-band magnitude
11.43 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,587,219 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.712.012.00B11.43V11.34Gaia10.97TESS10.46J10.19H10.11K10.08W110.11W210.05W38.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.908 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.968 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.97 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.056 · y = 0.979 · z = -0.195

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 86.73823° · Dec -11.23534°

Galactic ℓ, b

215.922° · -19.344°

Ecliptic λ, β

86.107° · -34.631°

HTM-20 index

-1867551411

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