Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-3912 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-3912, located approximately 1,519.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.28 Earth radii
  • A mass of 129.04 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.63 g
  • An orbital period of 3.494 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0463 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,512 K (1239 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,519.86 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.070
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,802,745 years

TOI-3912 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.28 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.274 R♃
Mass
129.04 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.406 M♃
Density
0.24 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.63 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.070
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

#325of 1771

top 18.3%

This planet

14.28R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3912 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.2811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00129.04317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.241.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.632.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00872.200.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 129.038 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 156648452

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1255520718461480960

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1255520718461480960

System

TOI-3912

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.280 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1771
Mass 129.038 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.49 d · percentile 23 / cohort 1533
Distance 465.99 pc · percentile 73 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.070 · percentile 13 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.494 days
Semi-major axis
0.0463 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.64 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.49 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0463 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.885 %

Duration

3.557 h

Impact parameter b

0.544

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,442.8187

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,850 ppm lasting ≈ 3.56 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.160

Impact parameter (b)

0.544

RV semi-amplitude (K)

51.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,442.8187

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09940

Eq. Temperature

1,512K

(1239 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

872.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.070

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-3912

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,725 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.392 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.088 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.188 dex

Stellar density

0.569 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
465.99 parsec
Light-years 1,519.86 ly
V-band magnitude
12.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 26,802,745 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.915.315.30U13.01B12.51V12.31Gaia11.87TESS12.88Sloan g12.35Sloan r12.22Sloan i13.45Sloan z11.27J11.02H10.92K10.90W110.93W210.86W38.93W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.117 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.762 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.53 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.740 · y = -0.534 · z = 0.408

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 215.80150° · Dec 24.07656°

Galactic ℓ, b

29.666° · 69.117°

Ecliptic λ, β

203.870° · 35.926°

HTM-20 index

1326134519

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