Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-1181 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-1181, located approximately 987.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 17.03 Earth radii
  • A mass of 374.72 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.29 g
  • An orbital period of 2.103 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0364 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,942 K (1669 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 987.66 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.057
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,417,424 years

TOI-1181 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
17.03 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.519 R♃
Mass
374.72 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.179 M♃
Density
0.49 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.057
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#109of 1771

top 6.1%

This planet

17.03R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1181 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0017.0311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00374.72317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.491.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0014,140.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 374.720 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 229510866

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2241587416546520320

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2241587416547315584

System

TOI-1181

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 17.026 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1771
Mass 374.720 M⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.10 d · percentile 7 / cohort 1533
Distance 302.82 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.057 · percentile 7 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.103 days
Semi-major axis
0.0364 AU
Eccentricity
0.011
Inclination
87.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.10 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0364 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.714 %

Duration

4.122 h

Impact parameter b

0.329

Rp / R★

0.079470

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,481.5170

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,142 ppm lasting ≈ 4.12 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.079470

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

3.976

Impact parameter (b)

0.329

RV semi-amplitude (K)

146.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,481.5170

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-1.50°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12000

Eq. Temperature

1,942K

(1669 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

14,140.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.057

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

Kab Aacute Th et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1181

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,054 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.961 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.467 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.38

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.020 dex

Stellar density

0.312 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

10.60 km/s

Rotation period

8.70 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
302.82 parsec
Light-years 987.66 ly
V-band magnitude
10.58 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,417,424 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.711.111.14B10.58V10.48Gaia10.08TESS9.55J9.33H9.22K9.21W19.24W29.24W38.70W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.274 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.679 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.68 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.198 · y = -0.385 · z = 0.901

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.21582° · Dec 64.35435°

Galactic ℓ, b

96.709° · 18.394°

Ecliptic λ, β

1.577° · 78.579°

HTM-20 index

991934609

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