Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

NGTS-30 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) NGTS-30, located approximately 777.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 305.12 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.82 g
  • An orbital period of 98.298 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4080 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 500 K (227 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 777.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.327
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,710,875 years

NGTS-30 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.928 R♃
Mass
305.12 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.960 M♃
Density
1.49 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.82 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.327
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1738of 1771

top 98.1%

This planet

10.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth NGTS-30 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00305.12317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.491.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.822.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00172.860.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 305.115 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 322807371

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3533836281547278848

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3533836281547278848

System

NGTS-30

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.402 R⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1771
Mass 305.115 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 98.30 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1533
Distance 238.38 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.327 · percentile 65 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
98.298 days
Semi-major axis
0.4080 AU
Eccentricity
0.294
Inclination
89.48 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 98.30 Earth days (26.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.4080 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.006 %

Duration

6.130 h

Impact parameter b

0.777

Rp / R★

0.104500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,287.6000

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 10,056 ppm lasting ≈ 6.13 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.104500

Impact parameter (b)

0.777

RV semi-amplitude (K)

46.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,287.6000

Long. of periastron (ω)

3.40°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.71000

Eq. Temperature

500K

(227 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

172.86

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.327

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Battley et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: NGTS-30

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,455 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.913 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

1.458 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
238.38 parsec
Light-years 777.48 ly
V-band magnitude
12.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,710,875 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.312.512.22B12.54V12.18Gaia11.67TESS10.94J10.60H10.50K10.48W110.51W210.49W38.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.167 mas

Total Proper Motion

54.891 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

23.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

-49.47 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.904 · y = 0.100 · z = -0.416

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 173.71487° · Dec -24.60548°

Galactic ℓ, b

281.567° · 35.069°

Ecliptic λ, β

184.696° · -24.936°

HTM-20 index

-2018178463

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