Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-3353.01

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-3353, located approximately 256.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.67 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.07 g
  • An orbital period of 4.666 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0601 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,264 K (991 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 256.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.188
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,529,954 years

TOI-3353.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.67 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.238 R♃
Mass
7.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.188
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

#925of 1978

top 46.7%

This planet

2.67R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3353.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.072.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00313.040.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 391903064

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5212899427468919296

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5212899427468919296

System

TOI-3353

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.667 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.590 M⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 4.67 d · percentile 11 / cohort 1946
Distance 78.76 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.188 · percentile 5 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.666 days
Semi-major axis
0.0601 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.67 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0601 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.057 %

Duration

3.041 h

Rp / R★

0.023933

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,460,174.1500

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 565 ppm lasting ≈ 3.04 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.023933

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.672

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,174.1500

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.76300

Eq. Temperature

1,264K

(991 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

313.04

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.188

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hord et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-3353

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,365 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.021 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.332 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
78.76 parsec
Light-years 256.87 ly
V-band magnitude
9.33 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,529,954 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.710.09.95B9.33V9.24Gaia8.78TESS8.15J7.89H7.78K7.69W17.72W27.69W37.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.668 mas

Total Proper Motion

39.056 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.96 mas/yr

PM Declination

38.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.070 · y = 0.235 · z = -0.970

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 106.52981° · Dec -75.81956°

Galactic ℓ, b

287.237° · -25.349°

Ecliptic λ, β

247.724° · -79.403°

HTM-20 index

749351574

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