TOI-1338 A

Planetary system · 1301.4 light-years away · also TYC 8533-950-1

TOI-1338 A is 1,301 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this F8 star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-1338 c takes 215.8 days to go round its star once.

TOI-1338 A is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only TOI-1338 A and its planets are drawn.

The star

Spectral typeF8
Surface temperature5,723 K
Mass1.0936 solar masses
Radius1.313 solar radii
Luminosity2.133 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.722
Ageabout 4.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun1301.4 light-years (399.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 92.1331°, Dec -59.5410°
ConstellationPictor

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-1338 b95.4 days0.461 AU7.661 R⊕11.3 M⊕Transit, 2020
TOI-1338 c215.8 days0.794 AU10.3 R⊕ estimated75.4 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2023

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

The planets, compared

For a star of 5,723 K, 2.1 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.39 to 2.46 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.

The light you see left 1,301 years ago, around AD 720.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

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