Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-3331 A b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-3331 A, located approximately 708.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.98 Earth radii
  • A mass of 721.47 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.28 g
  • An orbital period of 2.018 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0314 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,488 K (1215 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 708.39 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.102
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,492,422 years

TOI-3331 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.98 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.158 R♃
Mass
721.47 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.270 M♃
Density
1.82 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.102
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1008of 1771

top 56.9%

This planet

12.98R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3331 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.9811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00721.47317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.821.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00818.500.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 721.470 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 194795551

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4042548116644168832

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4042548116644168832

System

TOI-3331

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.980 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1771
Mass 721.470 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.02 d · percentile 7 / cohort 1533
Distance 217.19 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.102 · percentile 27 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.018 days
Semi-major axis
0.0314 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.02 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0314 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.559 %

Duration

2.123 h

Impact parameter b

0.569

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,371.6530

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 15,590 ppm lasting ≈ 2.12 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.090

Impact parameter (b)

0.569

RV semi-amplitude (K)

360.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,371.6530

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14500

Eq. Temperature

1,488K

(1215 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

818.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.102

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

Yee et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-3331 A

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,609 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.952 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.016 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.487 dex

Stellar density

1.650 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
217.19 parsec
Light-years 708.39 ly
V-band magnitude
11.64 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,492,422 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.312.712.70B11.64V11.83Gaia11.32TESS10.35J10.07H9.91K9.57W19.65W29.90W38.31W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.577 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.948 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.42 mas/yr

PM Declination

-16.94 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.019 · y = -0.828 · z = -0.561

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 271.32417° · Dec -34.10717°

Galactic ℓ, b

357.625° · -6.219°

Ecliptic λ, β

271.112° · -10.673°

HTM-20 index

195729795

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