Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1273 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1273, located approximately 577.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 70.56 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.57 g
  • An orbital period of 4.631 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0549 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,211 K (938 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 577.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.099
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,187,404 years

TOI-1273 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.990 R♃
Mass
70.56 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.222 M♃
Density
0.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.57 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.099
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1656of 1771

top 93.5%

This planet

11.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1273 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0070.56317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.572.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00225.010.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 70.558 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 445859771

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1611685760565507840

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1611685004650291840

System

TOI-1273

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.097 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1771
Mass 70.558 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.63 d · percentile 34 / cohort 1533
Distance 177.12 pc · percentile 47 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.099 · percentile 26 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.631 days
Semi-major axis
0.0549 AU
Eccentricity
0.055
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.63 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0549 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.486 %

Duration

1.435 h

Impact parameter b

0.958

Rp / R★

0.096000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,712.3468

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,860 ppm lasting ≈ 1.44 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.096000

Impact parameter (b)

0.958

RV semi-amplitude (K)

26.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,712.3468

Long. of periastron (ω)

110.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.31000

Eq. Temperature

1,211K

(938 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

225.01

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.099

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

Serrano Bell et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1273

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,690 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.060 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.060 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

1.181 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.80 km/s

Rotation period

42.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.000

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
177.12 parsec
Light-years 577.68 ly
V-band magnitude
10.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,187,404 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.814.614.61U11.56B10.98V10.87Gaia10.42TESS14.54Sloan g14.29Sloan r13.80Sloan i12.87Sloan z9.81J9.52H9.42K9.39W19.43W29.38W38.77W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.617 mas

Total Proper Motion

57.870 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

37.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

-44.44 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.434 · y = -0.294 · z = 0.852

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 214.12086° · Dec 58.39025°

Galactic ℓ, b

103.381° · 55.392°

Ecliptic λ, β

170.958° · 63.937°

HTM-20 index

-1164673180

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