Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-1416 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1416, located approximately 179.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.62 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.48 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.33 g
  • An orbital period of 1.070 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0190 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,517 K (1244 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 179.43 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.183
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,164,245 years

TOI-1416 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.62 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.145 R♃
Mass
3.48 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
4.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.183
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

#532of 1176

top 45.2%

This planet

1.62R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1416 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.48317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00883.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.480 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 70705

TIC

TIC 158025009

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1491634483976350720

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1491634483976350720

System

TOI-1416

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.620 R⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.480 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 1.07 d · percentile 7 / cohort 1164
Distance 55.01 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.183 · percentile 9 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.070 days
Semi-major axis
0.0190 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.07 Earth days (0.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0190 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.046 %

Duration

1.500 h

Impact parameter b

0.390

Rp / R★

0.018730

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,739.4621

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 455 ppm lasting ≈ 1.50 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018730

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.140

Impact parameter (b)

0.390

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.520 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,739.4621

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.34500

Eq. Temperature

1,517K

(1244 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

883.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.183

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

Deeg et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1416

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,884 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.793 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.798 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.520 dex

Stellar density

2.310 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

1.17 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

17.60 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.860

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
55.01 parsec
Light-years 179.43 ly
V-band magnitude
9.91 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,164,245 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

7.615.115.06U10.93B9.91V9.65Gaia9.07TESS10.49Sloan g9.63Sloan r9.45Sloan i9.60Sloan z8.27J7.82H7.71K7.65W17.74W27.69W37.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.148 mas

Total Proper Motion

137.030 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-92.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-101.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.595 · y = -0.447 · z = 0.669

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 216.92349° · Dec 41.95299°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.189° · 65.394°

Ecliptic λ, β

193.610° · 52.286°

HTM-20 index

726334144

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