Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-5344 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-5344, located approximately 451.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 130.95 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.16 g
  • An orbital period of 3.793 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0404 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 689 K (416 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 451.29 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.209
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,958,539 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5344 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.946 R♃
Mass
130.95 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.412 M♃
Density
0.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.16 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.209
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

#1713of 1771

top 96.7%

This planet

10.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5344 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00130.95317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.162.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0038.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 130.945 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 16005254

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 52359538285081728

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 52359538285081728

System

TOI-5344

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.604 R⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1771
Mass 130.945 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.79 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1533
Distance 138.37 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.209 · percentile 40 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.793 days
Semi-major axis
0.0404 AU
Eccentricity
0.054
Inclination
87.15 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.79 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0404 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.444 %

Duration

1.773 h

Impact parameter b

0.735

Rp / R★

0.165300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,848.9903

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 24,440 ppm lasting ≈ 1.77 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.165300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.780

Impact parameter (b)

0.735

RV semi-amplitude (K)

74.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,848.9903

Long. of periastron (ω)

95.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.29200

Eq. Temperature

689K

(416 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

38.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.209

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Hartman et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5344

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,747 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.588 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.612 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.43

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.686 dex

Stellar density

4.240 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

46.78 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
138.37 parsec
Light-years 451.29 ly
V-band magnitude
15.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,958,539 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.718.618.64U16.88B15.40V14.34Gaia13.22TESS16.29Sloan g15.84Sloan r13.79Sloan i13.29Sloan z11.80J11.09H10.86K10.74W110.73W210.55W38.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.199 mas

Total Proper Motion

45.916 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

40.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.420 · y = 0.834 · z = 0.357

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 63.26622° · Dec 20.91516°

Galactic ℓ, b

173.631° · -21.535°

Ecliptic λ, β

65.148° · -0.248°

HTM-20 index

-782185935

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