Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-1420 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1420, located approximately 658.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.89 Earth radii
  • A mass of 25.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.18 g
  • An orbital period of 6.956 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0710 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 957 K (684 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 658.57 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.098
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,613,840 years

TOI-1420 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.89 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.061 R♃
Mass
25.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.079 M♃
Density
0.08 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.098
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

#1546of 1771

top 87.2%

This planet

11.89R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1420 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.8911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0025.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.081.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00139.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 25.100 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 321857016

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2221164434736927360

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2221164434736927360

System

TOI-1420

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.890 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1771
Mass 25.100 M⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 6.96 d · percentile 41 / cohort 1533
Distance 201.92 pc · percentile 50 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.098 · percentile 26 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.956 days
Semi-major axis
0.0710 AU
Eccentricity
0.170
Inclination
88.58 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.96 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0710 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.396 %

Duration

3.372 h

Impact parameter b

0.412

Rp / R★

0.118160

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,517.4331

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,960 ppm lasting ≈ 3.37 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.118160

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.530

Impact parameter (b)

0.412

RV semi-amplitude (K)

8.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,517.4331

Long. of periastron (ω)

-165.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.35200

Eq. Temperature

957K

(684 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

139.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.098

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Yoshida et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1420

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,510 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.923 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.987 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.502 dex

Stellar density

1.770 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
201.92 parsec
Light-years 658.57 ly
V-band magnitude
11.66 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,613,840 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.312.512.54B11.66V11.74Gaia11.23TESS10.56J10.19H10.12K10.06W110.12W210.08W39.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.924 mas

Total Proper Motion

55.508 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

45.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

32.04 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.320 · y = -0.242 · z = 0.916

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 322.94181° · Dec 66.34901°

Galactic ℓ, b

104.722° · 10.824°

Ecliptic λ, β

24.000° · 69.485°

HTM-20 index

1456991300

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