Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

2MASS J21252752-8138278 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf 2MASS J21252752-8138278, located approximately 111.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,813.94 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 24.80 g
  • Semi-major axis 7,493.0000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,616 K (1343 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 111.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.087
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,962,236 years

2MASS J21252752-8138278 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.100 R♃
Mass
3,813.94 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
12.000 M♃
Density
11.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
24.80 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.087
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

#1298of 1771

top 73.2%

This planet

12.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 2MASS J21252752-8138278 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,813.94317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5111.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0024.802.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3,813.941 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 273305007

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6348514275456913792

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6348514275456913792

System

2MASS J21252752-8138278

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.400 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,813.941 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1747
Distance 34.12 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.087 · percentile 21 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
7,493.0000 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

1,616K

(1343 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.087

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 J21252752-8138278

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,592 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.673 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.644 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
34.12 parsec
Light-years 111.27 ly
V-band magnitude
11.80 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,962,236 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.013.313.31B11.80V10.81Gaia9.72TESS8.24J7.56H7.34K7.24W17.15W27.03W36.95W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

29.284 mas

Total Proper Motion

123.229 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

59.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

-107.72 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.114 · y = -0.091 · z = -0.989

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 321.36630° · Dec -81.64149°

Galactic ℓ, b

310.651° · -32.120°

Ecliptic λ, β

283.391° · -60.649°

HTM-20 index

-1894309671

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