TOI-4127 b is a confirmed gas giant type exoplanet orbiting the faint F-type main-sequence star TOI-4127, about 1,042 light years away from earth. The planet is known as a warm Jupiter, a type of gas giant exoplanet that is not a hot Jupiter but is also not a cold Jupiter.[1][2]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | TESS |
| Discovery date | 2023 |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Eccentricity | 0.75 |
| Inclination | 89.3 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.096 RJ | |
| Mass | 2.3 MJ |
Physical characteristics
editThis planet has a mass of 2.3 MJ and a radius of 1.096 RJ.[3][2]
Orbital characteristics
editTOI-4127 b orbits TOI-4127 at a distance of 0.3081 astronomical units (AU) and an orbital eccentricity of 0.75. The planet takes 56.4 days to orbit its parent star. Its orbit lies at a orbital inclination of 89.3°.[3] The exoplanet orbits its parent star at a high eccentricity making it also a eccentric Jupiter.[4]
References
edit- ^ Robert Lea (2023-04-12). "New 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet discovered by NASA's planet-hunting satellite". Space.com. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ a b "Exoplanet-catalog". Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ a b Martin, Pierre-Yves (2023). "Planet TOI-4127 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ Gupta, Arvind F.; Jackson, Jonathan M.; Hebrard, Guillaume; Lin, Andrea S.; Stassun, Keivan G.; Dong, Jiayin; Villanueva, Steven; Dragomir, Diana; Mahadevan, Suvrath; Wright, Jason T.; Almenara, Jose Manuel; Blake, Cullen H.; Boisse, Isabelle; Cortes-Zuleta, Pia; Dalba, Paul A. (2023-06-01). "A High-Eccentricity Warm Jupiter Orbiting TOI-4127". The Astronomical Journal. 165 (6): 234. arXiv:2303.14570. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/accb9b. ISSN 0004-6256.
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