Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-3364 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-3364, located approximately 906.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.23 Earth radii
  • A mass of 530.77 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.55 g
  • An orbital period of 5.877 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0675 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,264 K (991 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 906.38 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.123
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,984,086 years

TOI-3364 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.23 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.091 R♃
Mass
530.77 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.670 M♃
Density
1.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.55 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.123
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

#1399of 1771

top 78.9%

This planet

12.23R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3364 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.2311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00530.77317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.552.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00425.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 530.773 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 280655495

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5409268527708808320

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5409268527708808320

System

TOI-3364

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.229 R⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1771
Mass 530.773 M⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.88 d · percentile 40 / cohort 1533
Distance 277.90 pc · percentile 58 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.123 · percentile 33 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.877 days
Semi-major axis
0.0675 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.79 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.88 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0675 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.624 %

Duration

4.646 h

Impact parameter b

0.220

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,090.9948

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,240 ppm lasting ≈ 4.65 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.240

Impact parameter (b)

0.220

RV semi-amplitude (K)

168.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,090.9948

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.24300

Eq. Temperature

1,264K

(991 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

425.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.123

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. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-3364

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,706 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.419 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.186 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.39

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.209 dex

Stellar density

0.587 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
277.90 parsec
Light-years 906.38 ly
V-band magnitude
11.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,984,086 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.712.312.33B11.88V11.29Gaia10.81TESS10.16J9.88H9.78K9.69W19.73W29.59W38.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.570 mas

Total Proper Motion

30.008 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-26.54 mas/yr

PM Declination

14.01 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.531 · y = 0.378 · z = -0.759

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 144.53777° · Dec -49.33522°

Galactic ℓ, b

273.783° · 2.278°

Ecliptic λ, β

175.136° · -57.814°

HTM-20 index

1555872026

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