Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1296 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1296, located approximately 1,054.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 95.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.48 g
  • An orbital period of 3.944 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0510 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,415 K (1142 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,054.35 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.072
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,593,429 years

TOI-1296 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.259 R♃
Mass
95.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.300 M♃
Density
0.19 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.48 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.072
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#370of 1771

top 20.8%

This planet

14.12R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1296 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0095.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.191.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.482.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,078.600.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 95.300 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 219854185

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1650851223740149504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1650851223740149504

System

TOI-1296

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.116 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1771
Mass 95.300 M⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.94 d · percentile 28 / cohort 1533
Distance 323.27 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.072 · percentile 14 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.944 days
Semi-major axis
0.0510 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.81 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.94 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0510 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.673 %

Duration

4.864 h

Impact parameter b

0.243

Rp / R★

0.075989

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,930.7553

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,733 ppm lasting ≈ 4.86 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.075989

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.440

Impact parameter (b)

0.243

RV semi-amplitude (K)

35.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,930.7553

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15800

Eq. Temperature

1,415K

(1142 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,078.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.072

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

Moutou et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1296

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,567 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.10 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.703 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.158 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.41

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.035 dex

Stellar density

0.328 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

25.39 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
323.27 parsec
Light-years 1,054.35 ly
V-band magnitude
11.37 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,593,429 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.512.312.32B11.37V11.29Gaia10.80TESS10.15J9.84H9.74K9.70W19.76W29.68W39.49W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.065 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.305 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-21.25 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.077 · y = -0.329 · z = 0.941

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 256.77064° · Dec 70.23848°

Galactic ℓ, b

101.404° · 34.157°

Ecliptic λ, β

136.908° · 83.918°

HTM-20 index

2114709264

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