Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-1194 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1194, located approximately 488.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 8.72 Earth radii
  • A mass of 120.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.58 g
  • An orbital period of 2.311 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0340 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,264 K (991 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 488.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.125
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,608,488 years

TOI-1194 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
8.72 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.778 R♃
Mass
120.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.378 M♃
Density
0.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.58 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.125
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#103of 574

top 17.8%

This planet

8.72R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1194 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.008.7211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00120.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.582.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00203.690.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 120.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 147950620

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1074139748425931008

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1074139748425931008

System

TOI-1194

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 8.717 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 574
Mass 120.000 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 574
Orbital period 2.31 d · percentile 2 / cohort 524
Distance 149.67 pc · percentile 33 / cohort 572
ESI 0.125 · percentile 7 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.311 days
Semi-major axis
0.0340 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.31 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0340 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.672 %

Duration

1.628 h

Impact parameter b

0.829

Rp / R★

0.083178

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,684.9235

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,717 ppm lasting ≈ 1.63 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.083178

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.650

Impact parameter (b)

0.829

RV semi-amplitude (K)

58.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,684.9235

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22700

Eq. Temperature

1,264K

(991 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

203.69

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.125

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

Wang et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1194

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,394 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.961 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.984 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.35

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.463 dex

Stellar density

1.549 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.40 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
149.67 parsec
Light-years 488.15 ly
V-band magnitude
11.30 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,608,488 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.711.811.82B11.30V10.99Gaia10.48TESS9.79J9.42H9.34K9.30W19.37W29.28W38.67W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.653 mas

Total Proper Motion

80.970 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

79.49 mas/yr

PM Declination

15.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.335 · y = 0.072 · z = 0.939

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 167.82148° · Dec 69.96477°

Galactic ℓ, b

134.723° · 44.801°

Ecliptic λ, β

127.270° · 56.430°

HTM-20 index

1789811882

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