Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-3235 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-3235, located approximately 237.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 211.36 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.63 g
  • An orbital period of 2.593 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0271 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 604 K (331 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 237.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.243
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,187,915 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-3235 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.017 R♃
Mass
211.36 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.665 M♃
Density
0.78 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.63 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.243
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

#1607of 1771

top 90.7%

This planet

11.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3235 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00211.36317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.781.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.632.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0013.890.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 211.356 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 243641947

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6107144260251920000

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6107144260251920000

System

TOI-3235

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.400 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1771
Mass 211.356 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.59 d · percentile 11 / cohort 1533
Distance 72.81 pc · percentile 29 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.243 · percentile 42 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.593 days
Semi-major axis
0.0271 AU
Eccentricity
0.029
Inclination
88.14 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.59 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0271 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

7.821 %

Duration

1.480 h

Impact parameter b

0.511

Rp / R★

0.282800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,690.0017

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 78,210 ppm lasting ≈ 1.48 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.282800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.750

Impact parameter (b)

0.511

RV semi-amplitude (K)

182.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,690.0017

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.37200

Eq. Temperature

604K

(331 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

13.89

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.243

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

Hobson et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-3235

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,389 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.370 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.394 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.898 dex

Stellar density

10.990 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
72.81 parsec
Light-years 237.48 ly
V-band magnitude
15.16 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,187,915 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.016.916.89B15.16V14.49Gaia13.25TESS11.71J11.10H10.82K10.69W110.55W210.46W39.02W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.707 mas

Total Proper Motion

182.008 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-170.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

-64.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.616 · y = -0.320 · z = -0.720

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 207.47385° · Dec -46.06651°

Galactic ℓ, b

313.405° · 15.613°

Ecliptic λ, β

223.298° · -32.235°

HTM-20 index

1076161909

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