Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1333 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-1333, located approximately 653.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.65 Earth radii
  • A mass of 753.26 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.08 g
  • An orbital period of 4.720 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0626 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,679 K (1406 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 653.92 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.078
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,531,820 years

TOI-1333 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.65 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.396 R♃
Mass
753.26 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.370 M♃
Density
1.08 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.078
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

#188of 1771

top 10.6%

This planet

15.65R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1333 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.6511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00753.26317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.081.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,112.850.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 753.257 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 395171208

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1978027916667478656

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1978027916667478656

System

TOI-1333

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.648 R⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1771
Mass 753.257 M⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.72 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1533
Distance 200.49 pc · percentile 50 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.078 · percentile 17 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.720 days
Semi-major axis
0.0626 AU
Eccentricity
0.073
Inclination
85.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.72 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0626 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.555 %

Duration

4.642 h

Impact parameter b

0.504

Rp / R★

0.074500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,913.3703

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,550 ppm lasting ≈ 4.64 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.074500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.980

Impact parameter (b)

0.504

RV semi-amplitude (K)

223.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,913.3703

Long. of periastron (ω)

105.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-5.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.31200

Eq. Temperature

1,679K

(1406 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,112.85

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.078

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

Rodriguez et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1333

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,274 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.33 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.925 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.464 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.034 dex

Stellar density

0.289 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-15.16 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

14.20 km/s

Rotation period

5.30 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
200.49 parsec
Light-years 653.92 ly
V-band magnitude
9.44 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,531,820 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.69.99.85B9.44V9.35Gaia9.04TESS8.49J8.40H8.27K7.61W17.55W28.03W37.95W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.959 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.370 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.81 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.50 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.544 · y = -0.381 · z = 0.748

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 325.01454° · Dec 48.40677°

Galactic ℓ, b

93.402° · -3.181°

Ecliptic λ, β

354.563° · 56.884°

HTM-20 index

-1295818262

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