Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

TYC 3318-01333-1 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TYC 3318-01333-1, located approximately 1,600.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,086.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.33 g
  • An orbital period of 562.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.4140 AU
  • Distance from Earth 1,600.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.406
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,218,713 years

TYC 3318-01333-1 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
1,086.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.420 M♃
Density
2.66 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.406
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#910of 1771

top 51.3%

This planet

13.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TYC 3318-01333-1 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,086.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.661.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,086.979 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 116376087

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 439327810962983424

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 439327810962983424

System

TYC 3318-01333-1

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,086.979 M⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 562.00 d · percentile 69 / cohort 1533
Distance 490.61 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.406 · percentile 87 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
562.000 days
Semi-major axis
1.4140 AU
Eccentricity
0.098
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.54 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.4140 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.406

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Adam Oacute W et al. 2018

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2018-05

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TYC 3318-01333-1

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,776 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

5.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.190 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.970 dex

Systemic radial velocity

24.81 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.50 km/s

Rotation period

198.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
490.61 parsec
Light-years 1,600.15 ly
V-band magnitude
9.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 28,218,713 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.711.111.14B9.90V9.46Gaia8.71TESS7.60J7.01H6.87K6.90W16.90W26.83W36.68W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.010 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.837 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

19.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.40 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.452 · y = 0.462 · z = 0.763

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 45.58257° · Dec 49.74414°

Galactic ℓ, b

143.578° · -7.808°

Ecliptic λ, β

58.112° · 31.104°

HTM-20 index

-80069425

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