Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1298 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1298, located approximately 1,040.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.66 Earth radii
  • A mass of 99.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 4.537 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0570 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,278 K (1005 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,040.56 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.111
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,350,187 years

TOI-1298 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.66 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.862 R♃
Mass
99.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.311 M♃
Density
0.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.111
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

#28of 574

top 4.7%

This planet

9.66R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1298 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.6611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0099.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00732.010.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 99.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 237104103

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1647136729864424576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1647136729864424576

System

TOI-1298

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.658 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 574
Mass 99.000 M⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 574
Orbital period 4.54 d · percentile 17 / cohort 524
Distance 319.04 pc · percentile 48 / cohort 572
ESI 0.111 · percentile 4 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.537 days
Semi-major axis
0.0570 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.54 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0570 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.420 %

Duration

4.029 h

Impact parameter b

0.272

Rp / R★

0.060916

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,934.1225

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,200 ppm lasting ≈ 4.03 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.060916

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.272

RV semi-amplitude (K)

33.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,934.1225

Long. of periastron (ω)

57.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17900

Eq. Temperature

1,278K

(1005 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

732.01

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.111

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-1298

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,752 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.454 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.219 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.40

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.194 dex

Stellar density

0.550 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-55.56 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
319.04 parsec
Light-years 1,040.56 ly
V-band magnitude
11.89 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,350,187 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.112.112.15B11.89V11.40Gaia10.96TESS10.39J10.11H10.01K9.99W110.04W210.01W39.11W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.106 mas

Total Proper Motion

57.061 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-36.41 mas/yr

PM Declination

43.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.163 · y = -0.297 · z = 0.941

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 241.32290° · Dec 70.19004°

Galactic ℓ, b

103.887° · 38.977°

Ecliptic λ, β

148.042° · 78.950°

HTM-20 index

1388448575

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