Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1431 b

A gas giant orbiting the a-type white TOI-1431, located approximately 485.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 991.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.56 g
  • An orbital period of 2.650 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0460 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,370 K (2097 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 485.73 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.051
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,565,810 years

TOI-1431 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.490 R♃
Mass
991.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.120 M♃
Density
1.17 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.56 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.051
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

#122of 1771

top 6.8%

This planet

16.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1431 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00991.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.171.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.562.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.005,300.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 991.625 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 201033

TIC

TIC 375506058

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2188906825165621120

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2188906825165621120

System

TOI-1431

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.701 R⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1771
Mass 991.625 M⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.65 d · percentile 12 / cohort 1533
Distance 148.93 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.051 · percentile 5 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.650 days
Semi-major axis
0.0460 AU
Eccentricity
0.002
Inclination
80.13 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.65 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0460 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.580 %

Duration

2.489 h

Impact parameter b

0.881

Rp / R★

0.079550

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,739.1774

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,797 ppm lasting ≈ 2.49 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.079550

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.150

Impact parameter (b)

0.881

RV semi-amplitude (K)

294.100 m/s

Occultation depth

0.013 ppm

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,739.1774

Long. of periastron (ω)

108.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.30900

Eq. Temperature

2,370K

(2097 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

5,300.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.051

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

Addison et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1431

Spectral Class

A-type white

Effective Temperature

7,690 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.29 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.920 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.900 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.150 dex

Stellar density

0.370 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

6.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
148.93 parsec
Light-years 485.73 ly
V-band magnitude
8.03 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,565,810 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.38.38.31B8.03V7.98Gaia7.80TESS7.54J7.45H7.44K7.34W17.43W27.45W37.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.686 mas

Total Proper Motion

26.599 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

11.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

23.87 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.408 · y = -0.391 · z = 0.825

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 316.20369° · Dec 55.58802°

Galactic ℓ, b

94.607° · 5.723°

Ecliptic λ, β

355.693° · 65.853°

HTM-20 index

105259292

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