TOI-1338 b
Artist's impression of the TOI-1338 b exoplanet. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Wolf Cukier |
| Discovery date | Summer 2019 |
| Transit | |
| Designations | |
| BEBOP-1b | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.4607+0.0084 −0.0088 AU | |
| 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 | |
| Mass | 11.3 M🜨 |
Mean density | 0.36+0.02 −0.01 g/cm3 |
TOI-1338 b, also known as BEBOP-1b, is a gas giant circumbinary planet orbiting around the binary star system of TOI-1338. First identified by then-17-year-old Wolf Cukier, it was the first circumbinary planet discovered using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The planet was discovered in the summer of 2019, and its discovery was announced 6 January 2020.