 Artist's impression of the TOI-1338 b exoplanet. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Wolf Cukier |
| Discovery date | 31 July 2019 |
| Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.4607+0.0084 −0.0088 AU[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0331+0.0022 −0.0021 |
| 95.4001+0.0062 −0.0056 days | |
| Inclination | 90.494+0.013 −0.014 ° |
| Star | TOI-1338 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.683 RJ[2] | |
| Mass | 11.3±2.1 M🜨[2] |
Mean density | 398 kg/m3[3] |
TOI-1338 b is a gas giant circumbinary exoplanet in the constellation Pictor, orbiting around the binary star system TOI-1338. First identified by then-17-year-old Wolf Cukier, it was the first circumbinary planet discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).[4] It was discovered on 31 July 2019, and announced 6 January 2020.[5][6]
Located 1,318 light years[a] away from Earth, the exoplanet has a radius of 16,991 kilometers (10,558 miles),[b] a mass roughly 12.3 times that of Earth,[c] and a mean density of 398 kg/m3 (24.84 lb/ft3).[3][7]
- ^ Kostov, Veselin B.; Orosz, Jerome A.; Feinstein, Adina D.; Welsh, William F.; Cukier, Wolf; Haghighipour, Nader; Quarles, Billy; Martin, David V.; Montet, Benjamin T.; Torres, Guillermo; Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.; Barclay, Thomas; Boyd, Patricia; Briceno, Cesar; Cameron, Andrew Collier (2020-05-07). "TOI-1338: TESS' First Transiting Circumbinary Planet". The Astronomical Journal. 159 (6): 253. arXiv:2004.07783. Bibcode:2020AJ....159..253K. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab8a48. ISSN 1538-3881.
- ^ a b "TOI-1338 b - NASA Science". science.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ^ a b "⬤ Exoplanet TOI 1338 A b". Stellar Catalog. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ^ Wang, Mu-Tian; Liu, Hui-Gen (2024-06-25). "Photo-dynamical Analysis of Circumbinary Multi-planet System TOI-1338: A Fully Coplanar Configuration with a Puffy Planet". The Astronomical Journal. 168 (1): 31. arXiv:2404.18415. Bibcode:2024AJ....168...31W. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ad4a60. ISSN 1538-3881.
- ^ Hess, Abigail Johnson (2020-01-10). "17-year-old discovers planet 6.9 times larger than Earth on third day of internship with NASA". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ^ Kazmierczak, Chris Smith and Jeanette (2020-01-06). "NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | TESS Satellite Discovered Its First World Orbiting Two Stars". NASA Scientific Visualization Studio. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ^ Pereira, Ivan. "New York teen discovers new planet while interning with NASA". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
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