Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-1411 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1411, located approximately 105.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.39 g
  • An orbital period of 1.452 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0212 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 976 K (703 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 105.93 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.315
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,868,045 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1411 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.107 R♃
Mass
2.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.006 M♃
Density
6.36 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.39 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.315
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#96of 570

top 16.7%

This planet

1.20R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1411 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.361.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.392.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00266.850.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 76042

TIC

TIC 116483514

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1401760747118886016

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1401760747118886016

System

TOI-1411

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.199 R⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 570
Mass 2.000 M⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 570
Orbital period 1.45 d · percentile 16 / cohort 567
Distance 32.48 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 566
ESI 0.315 · percentile 43 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.452 days
Semi-major axis
0.0212 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.45 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0212 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.039 %

Duration

1.509 h

Impact parameter b

0.255

Rp / R★

0.017901

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,739.4740

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 393 ppm lasting ≈ 1.51 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017901

Impact parameter (b)

0.255

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.550 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,739.4740

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.65300

Eq. Temperature

976K

(703 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

266.85

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.315

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Giacalone et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1411

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,115 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.60 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.614 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.605 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.640 dex

Stellar density

3.633 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
32.48 parsec
Light-years 105.93 ly
V-band magnitude
10.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,868,045 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

7.315.615.55U11.78B10.51V9.88Gaia9.10TESS11.28Sloan g9.93Sloan r9.49Sloan i10.34Sloan z8.00J7.37H7.25K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

30.761 mas

Total Proper Motion

336.233 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

154.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

-298.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.411 · y = -0.544 · z = 0.732

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 232.94605° · Dec 47.05555°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.259° · 52.909°

Ecliptic λ, β

206.830° · 62.609°

HTM-20 index

-1927090889

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