Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

2MASS J11550485-7919108 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf 2MASS J11550485-7919108, located approximately 329.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6,356.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 43.42 g
  • Semi-major axis 587.0000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,506 K (2233 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 328.97 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.044
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,801,341 years

2MASS J11550485-7919108 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.080 R♃
Mass
6,356.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
20.000 M♃
Density
19.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
43.42 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.044
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Imaging
Facility European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia Satellite
Telescope 1.45 m x 0.5 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1454of 1771

top 82.0%

This planet

12.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 2MASS J11550485-7919108 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006,356.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5119.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0043.422.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6,356.568 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 357014373

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5199985216726016896

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5199985216726016896

System

2MASS J11550485-7919108

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.100 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 6,356.568 M⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1747
Distance 100.86 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.044 · percentile 2 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
587.0000 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

2,506K

(2233 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.044

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Michel & Mugrauer 2024

Instrument

Gaia CCD array

Publication

2024-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: 2MASS J11550485-7919108

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,021 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.600 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.588 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
100.86 parsec
Light-years 328.97 ly
V-band magnitude
16.96 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,801,341 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.217.917.87B16.96V14.82Gaia13.34TESS11.22J10.47H10.08K9.89W19.66W29.31W37.16W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.886 mas

Total Proper Motion

41.407 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-41.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.34 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.185 · y = 0.004 · z = -0.983

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 178.76916° · Dec -79.31976°

Galactic ℓ, b

300.231° · -16.745°

Ecliptic λ, β

244.426° · -64.578°

HTM-20 index

51986296

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