Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-1811 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1811, located approximately 418.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 308.93 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.49 g
  • An orbital period of 3.713 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0439 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 962 K (689 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 418.23 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.164
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,375,483 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1811 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.994 R♃
Mass
308.93 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.972 M♃
Density
1.23 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.49 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.164
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

#1644of 1771

top 92.8%

This planet

11.14R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1811 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00308.93317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.231.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.492.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0055.970.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 308.929 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 376524552

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3962403923821595264

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3962403923821595264

System

TOI-1811

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.142 R⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1771
Mass 308.929 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.71 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1533
Distance 128.23 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.164 · percentile 38 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.713 days
Semi-major axis
0.0439 AU
Eccentricity
0.052
Inclination
86.48 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.71 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0439 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.761 %

Duration

1.951 h

Impact parameter b

0.739

Rp / R★

0.132720

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,126.3685

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 17,610 ppm lasting ≈ 1.95 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.132720

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.280

Impact parameter (b)

0.739

RV semi-amplitude (K)

146.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,126.3685

Long. of periastron (ω)

21.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.34200

Eq. Temperature

962K

(689 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

55.97

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.164

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1811

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,766 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.769 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.817 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.31

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.579 dex

Stellar density

2.540 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
128.23 parsec
Light-years 418.23 ly
V-band magnitude
11.97 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,375,483 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.415.715.73U12.77B11.97V11.76Gaia11.12TESS12.82Sloan g11.78Sloan r11.51Sloan i13.41Sloan z10.28J9.73H9.64K9.58W19.67W29.59W38.35W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.770 mas

Total Proper Motion

47.120 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-45.87 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.77 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.879 · y = -0.138 · z = 0.457

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 188.92236° · Dec 27.21438°

Galactic ℓ, b

210.625° · 86.496°

Ecliptic λ, β

176.390° · 28.323°

HTM-20 index

1729141253

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