TOI-1338 b

TOI-1338 b
Artist's impression of the TOI-1338 b exoplanet.
Discovery
Discovered byWolf Cukier
Discovery dateSummer 2019
Transit
Designations
BEBOP-1b
Orbital characteristics
0.4607+0.0084
−0.0088
AU
Eccentricity0.0331+0.0022
−0.0021
95.4001+0.0062
−0.0056
days
Inclination90.494+0.013
−0.014
°
StarTOI-1338
Physical characteristics
0.683 RJ
Mass11.3 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.