TOI-4127 b

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TOI-4127 b
Discovery
Discovered by TESS
Discovery date2023
Transit
Orbital characteristics
Eccentricity 0.75
Inclination 89.3
Physical characteristics
1.096 RJ
Mass 2.3 MJ

    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]

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    Physical characteristics

    This planet has a mass of 2.3 MJ and a radius of 1.096 RJ. [3] [2]

    Orbital characteristics

    TOI-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 an orbital inclination of 89.3°. [3] The exoplanet orbits its parent star at a high eccentricity making it also a eccentric Jupiter. [4]

    References

    1. ↑ Robert Lea (2023-04-12). "New 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet discovered by NASA's planet-hunting satellite". Space.com. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
    2. 1 2 "Exoplanet-catalog". Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
    3. 1 2 Martin, Pierre-Yves (2023). "Planet TOI-4127 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia . Retrieved 2023-11-01.
    4. ↑ 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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