Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TOI-1601 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1601, located approximately 1,097.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 387.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.92 g
  • An orbital period of 5.332 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0690 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,494 K (1221 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,097.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.086
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,360,887 years

TOI-1601 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.267 R♃
Mass
387.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.218 M♃
Density
0.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.086
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

#365of 1771

top 20.6%

This planet

14.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1601 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00387.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,071.420.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 387.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 139375960

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 338382713564401920

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 338382713564401920

System

TOI-1601

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.199 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1771
Mass 387.000 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.33 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1533
Distance 336.61 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.086 · percentile 21 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.332 days
Semi-major axis
0.0690 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.84 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.33 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0690 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.422 %

Duration

6.485 h

Impact parameter b

0.359

Rp / R★

0.059306

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,793.2753

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,220 ppm lasting ≈ 6.49 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.059306

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.760

Impact parameter (b)

0.359

RV semi-amplitude (K)

107.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,793.2753

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20500

Eq. Temperature

1,494K

(1221 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,071.42

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.086

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

Rodriguez et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1601

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,982 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.195 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.506 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.34

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.928 dex

Stellar density

0.198 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-7.80 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

6.40 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
336.61 parsec
Light-years 1,097.87 ly
V-band magnitude
10.66 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,360,887 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.511.311.27B10.66V10.53Gaia10.10TESS9.51J9.27H9.19K9.16W19.21W29.18W38.50W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.944 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.726 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

21.71 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.87 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.592 · y = 0.468 · z = 0.656

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 38.36157° · Dec 41.01343°

Galactic ℓ, b

142.890° · -17.872°

Ecliptic λ, β

49.412° · 24.570°

HTM-20 index

503610754

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