Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-3688 A b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-3688 A, located approximately 1,292.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.08 Earth radii
  • A mass of 311.47 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.82 g
  • An orbital period of 3.246 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0456 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,534 K (1261 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,292.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.086
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,798,714 years

TOI-3688 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.08 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.167 R♃
Mass
311.47 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.980 M♃
Density
0.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.82 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.086
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

#951of 1771

top 53.6%

This planet

13.08R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3688 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.0811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00311.47317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.822.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00924.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 311.472 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 245509452

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 454187981188647168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 454187981188647168

System

TOI-3688

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.081 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 311.472 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.25 d · percentile 19 / cohort 1533
Distance 396.38 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.086 · percentile 21 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.246 days
Semi-major axis
0.0456 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.25 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0456 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.850 %

Duration

3.482 h

Impact parameter b

0.270

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,108.0507

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,500 ppm lasting ≈ 3.48 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.530

Impact parameter (b)

0.270

RV semi-amplitude (K)

119.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,108.0507

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11500

Eq. Temperature

1,534K

(1261 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

924.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.086

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-3688 A

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,950 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.302 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.199 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.288 dex

Stellar density

0.767 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
396.38 parsec
Light-years 1,292.81 ly
V-band magnitude
12.24 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,798,714 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.012.912.92B12.24V12.37Gaia11.84TESS11.13J10.82H10.73K10.13W110.66W210.66W38.98W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.495 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.009 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

18.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.37 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.446 · y = 0.365 · z = 0.818

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 39.28234° · Dec 54.85122°

Galactic ℓ, b

137.832° · -4.934°

Ecliptic λ, β

55.957° · 37.243°

HTM-20 index

602766529

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