Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1444 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1444, located approximately 409.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.42 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.58 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.78 g
  • An orbital period of 0.470 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0116 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,130 K (1857 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 409.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.122
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,216,332 years

TOI-1444 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.42 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.127 R♃
Mass
3.58 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
6.84 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.78 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.122
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

#898of 1176

top 76.3%

This planet

1.42R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1444 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.58317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.841.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.782.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.005,028.630.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.580 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 258514800

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2274696151198328960

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2274696151198328960

System

TOI-1444

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.418 R⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.580 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 0.47 d · percentile 1 / cohort 1164
Distance 125.46 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.122 · percentile 2 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.470 days
Semi-major axis
0.0116 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
82.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 11.3 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0116 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.021 %

Duration

1.283 h

Impact parameter b

0.333

Rp / R★

0.014277

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,711.3675

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 210 ppm lasting ≈ 1.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014277

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

2.730

Impact parameter (b)

0.333

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.020 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,711.3675

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09250

Eq. Temperature

2,130K

(1857 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

5,028.63

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.122

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

Dai et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1444

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,460 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.911 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.951 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.496 dex

Stellar density

1.762 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
125.46 parsec
Light-years 409.21 ly
V-band magnitude
10.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,216,332 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.611.511.54B10.94V10.64Gaia10.15TESS9.47J9.09H9.06K9.00W19.06W29.01W38.62W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.942 mas

Total Proper Motion

50.805 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

46.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

-20.69 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.189 · y = -0.266 · z = 0.945

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 305.47493° · Dec 70.94371°

Galactic ℓ, b

104.388° · 18.618°

Ecliptic λ, β

34.865° · 76.647°

HTM-20 index

-1775464025

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