Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

ITG 15 b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown ITG 15 A, located approximately 444.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6,674.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 45.59 g
  • Semi-major axis 435.0000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,601 K (2328 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 444.78 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.041
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,843,676 years

ITG 15 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.080 R♃
Mass
6,674.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
21.000 M♃
Density
20.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
45.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.041
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 ITG 15 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006,674.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5120.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0045.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6,674.397 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 150058659

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 148400229703257856

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 148400229703257856

System

ITG 15

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.100 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 6,674.397 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1747
Distance 136.37 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.041 · percentile 2 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
435.0000 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

2,601K

(2328 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.041

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: ITG 15 A

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
136.37 parsec
Light-years 444.78 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,843,676 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.119.519.53B15.00Gaia15.90Kepler13.52TESS10.64J9.52H8.95K8.46W17.85W26.29W34.06W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.307 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.332 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.46 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.11 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.308 · y = 0.844 · z = 0.439

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 69.93704° · Dec 26.03121°

Galactic ℓ, b

173.818° · -13.564°

Ecliptic λ, β

72.001° · 3.837°

HTM-20 index

-1486290907

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