Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

TOI-150.01

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-150, located approximately 1,096.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.07 Earth radii
  • A mass of 797.75 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.03 g
  • An orbital period of 5.857 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0704 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,405 K (1131 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,096.75 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.106
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,341,273 years

TOI-150.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.07 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.255 R♃
Mass
797.75 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.510 M♃
Density
1.68 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.03 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.106
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#403of 1771

top 22.7%

This planet

14.07R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-150.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00797.75317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.681.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.032.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00750.920.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 797.753 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271893367

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5262709709389254528

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5262709709389254528

System

TOI-150

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.067 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1771
Mass 797.753 M⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.86 d · percentile 39 / cohort 1533
Distance 336.27 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.106 · percentile 28 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.857 days
Semi-major axis
0.0704 AU
Eccentricity
0.262
Inclination
88.09 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.86 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0704 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.649 %

Duration

5.120 h

Impact parameter b

0.330

Rp / R★

0.082600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,326.2773

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,490 ppm lasting ≈ 5.12 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.082600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.917

Impact parameter (b)

0.330

RV semi-amplitude (K)

240.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,326.2773

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20900

Eq. Temperature

1,405K

(1131 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

750.92

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.106

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

Ca Ntilde As et al. 2019

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2019-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-150

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,255 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.35 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.526 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.351 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.130 dex

Stellar density

0.533 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

4.86 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

7.96 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
336.27 parsec
Light-years 1,096.75 ly
V-band magnitude
11.39 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,341,273 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.912.212.17B11.39V11.34Gaia10.90TESS10.32J10.05H9.94K9.90W19.93W29.89W38.86W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.945 mas

Total Proper Motion

31.117 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-15.21 mas/yr

PM Declination

27.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.110 · y = 0.260 · z = -0.959

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 112.96542° · Dec -73.60604°

Galactic ℓ, b

285.341° · -23.164°

Ecliptic λ, β

232.431° · -79.594°

HTM-20 index

1511824245

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