Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-4406 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4406, located approximately 854.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.21 Earth radii
  • A mass of 95.35 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.76 g
  • An orbital period of 30.084 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2010 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 904 K (631 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 853.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.143
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,060,065 years

TOI-4406 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.21 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.000 R♃
Mass
95.35 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.300 M♃
Density
0.37 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.76 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.143
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

#1633of 1771

top 92.2%

This planet

11.21R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4406 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.2111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0095.35317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.371.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.762.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0058.010.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 95.349 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 206541859

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4910452812646300544

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4910452812646300544

System

TOI-4406

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.209 R⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1771
Mass 95.349 M⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 30.08 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1533
Distance 261.83 pc · percentile 56 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.143 · percentile 36 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
30.084 days
Semi-major axis
0.2010 AU
Eccentricity
0.150
Inclination
88.48 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 30.08 Earth days (8.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.2010 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.544 %

Duration

3.986 h

Impact parameter b

0.887

Rp / R★

0.079000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,372.1940

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,439 ppm lasting ≈ 3.99 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.079000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

33.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.887

RV semi-amplitude (K)

17.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,372.1940

Long. of periastron (ω)

39.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.76800

Eq. Temperature

904K

(631 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

58.01

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.143

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Brahm et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4406

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,219 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.290 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.190 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.290 dex

Stellar density

0.784 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

4.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
261.83 parsec
Light-years 853.99 ly
V-band magnitude
10.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,060,065 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.611.611.61B10.94V10.95Gaia10.57TESS10.03J9.77H9.73K9.69W19.72W29.68W38.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.790 mas

Total Proper Motion

39.419 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

34.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

19.11 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.519 · y = 0.169 · z = -0.838

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 18.04852° · Dec -56.92539°

Galactic ℓ, b

297.271° · -59.974°

Ecliptic λ, β

341.043° · -56.727°

HTM-20 index

-1615799677

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