Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

TOI-481 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-481, located approximately 585.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 486.28 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.95 g
  • An orbital period of 10.331 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0970 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,370 K (1097 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 585.01 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.118
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,316,703 years

TOI-481 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.990 R♃
Mass
486.28 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.530 M♃
Density
1.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.118
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1654of 1771

top 93.3%

This planet

11.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-481 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00486.28317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00253.130.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 486.280 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 339672028

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5486322710592888064

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5486322710592888064

System

TOI-481

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.097 R⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1771
Mass 486.280 M⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 10.33 d · percentile 44 / cohort 1533
Distance 179.37 pc · percentile 48 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.118 · percentile 31 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.331 days
Semi-major axis
0.0970 AU
Eccentricity
0.153
Inclination
89.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.33 Earth days (2.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0970 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.458 %

Duration

5.626 h

Impact parameter b

0.150

Rp / R★

0.061400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,511.6418

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,577 ppm lasting ≈ 5.63 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.061400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.520

Impact parameter (b)

0.150

RV semi-amplitude (K)

130.300 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,511.6418

Long. of periastron (ω)

64.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.54100

Eq. Temperature

1,370K

(1097 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

253.13

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.118

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

Brahm et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-481

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,735 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.660 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.140 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.060 dex

Stellar density

0.360 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

38.19 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.54 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
179.37 parsec
Light-years 585.01 ly
V-band magnitude
9.97 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,316,703 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.310.810.76B9.97V9.85Gaia9.39TESS8.80J8.48H8.44K8.36W18.42W28.39W38.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.547 mas

Total Proper Motion

36.107 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

25.68 mas/yr

PM Declination

-25.39 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.189 · y = 0.505 · z = -0.842

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 110.51269° · Dec -57.38500°

Galactic ℓ, b

268.608° · -18.675°

Ecliptic λ, β

145.848° · -76.808°

HTM-20 index

-2057357557

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