Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2211.01

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2211, located approximately 229.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.56 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.06 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.26 g
  • An orbital period of 3.093 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0401 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,057 K (784 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 229.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.278
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,043,097 years

TOI-2211.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.56 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.139 R♃
Mass
3.06 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.42 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.278
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#635of 1176

top 53.9%

This planet

1.56R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2211.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.06317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.421.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.262.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00296.130.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 101503

TIC

TIC 212253390

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6796762076358897408

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6796762076358897408

System

TOI-2211

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.561 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.060 M⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.09 d · percentile 23 / cohort 1164
Distance 70.29 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.278 · percentile 31 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.093 days
Semi-major axis
0.0401 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.09 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0401 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.027 %

Duration

2.059 h

Rp / R★

0.017100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,038.1032

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 273 ppm lasting ≈ 2.06 h.

Eq. Temperature

1,057K

(784 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

296.13

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.278

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Crossfield et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2211

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,253 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.834 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.900 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
70.29 parsec
Light-years 229.27 ly
V-band magnitude
10.00 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,043,097 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.010.810.79B10.00V9.77Gaia9.26TESS8.52J8.14H8.09K7.97W18.04W28.03W38.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

14.197 mas

Total Proper Motion

142.255 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

81.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-116.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.541 · y = -0.680 · z = -0.495

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 308.53909° · Dec -29.67261°

Galactic ℓ, b

13.980° · -34.113°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.414° · -10.595°

HTM-20 index

-1360660906

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