Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-1408 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-1408, located approximately 454.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 25.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 593.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.95 g
  • An orbital period of 4.426 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0578 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,293 K (1020 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 454.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.067
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,022,786 years

1 sibling around TOI-1408

TOI-1408 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-1408 c Sub-Neptune 2.22 7.60 2.166 1,864 2024
TOI-1408 b this Gas Giant 25.00 593.00 4.426 1,293 2023

TOI-1408 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
25.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
2.230 R♃
Mass
593.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.866 M♃
Density
0.18 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.067
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

#6of 1771

top 0.3%

This planet

25.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1408 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0025.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00593.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.181.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00465.180.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 593.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 364186197

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2275130045974715904

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2275130045974715904

System

TOI-1408

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 25.000 R⊕ · percentile 100 / cohort 1771
Mass 593.000 M⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.43 d · percentile 33 / cohort 1533
Distance 139.48 pc · percentile 43 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.067 · percentile 12 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.426 days
Semi-major axis
0.0578 AU
Eccentricity
0.002
Inclination
82.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.43 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0578 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.245 %

Duration

1.650 h

Rp / R★

0.150000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,740.8581

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,447 ppm lasting ≈ 1.65 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.150000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.130

RV semi-amplitude (K)

178.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,740.8581

Long. of periastron (ω)

170.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.41400

Eq. Temperature

1,293K

(1020 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

465.18

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.067

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.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Galazutdinov et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1408

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,117 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.530 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.312 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.100 dex

Stellar density

0.520 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

9.80 km/s

Rotation period

7.91 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
139.48 parsec
Light-years 454.94 ly
V-band magnitude
9.27 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,022,786 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.09.89.84B9.27V9.19Gaia8.82TESS8.37J8.14H8.08K8.03W18.07W28.05W38.04W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.140 mas

Total Proper Motion

31.089 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

11.81 mas/yr

PM Declination

28.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.206 · y = -0.217 · z = 0.954

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 313.51105° · Dec 72.58065°

Galactic ℓ, b

107.273° · 17.412°

Ecliptic λ, β

41.181° · 74.105°

HTM-20 index

127581591

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