Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

NGTS-33 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white NGTS-33, located approximately 1,428.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.38 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,153.72 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.41 g
  • An orbital period of 2.828 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0480 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,991 K (1718 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,428.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.040
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 25,184,372 years

NGTS-33 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.38 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.640 R♃
Mass
1,153.72 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.630 M♃
Density
0.19 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.41 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.040
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

#60of 1771

top 3.3%

This planet

18.38R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth NGTS-33 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.3811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,153.72317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.191.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.412.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,620.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,153.717 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 97921547

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5590415817155428224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5590415817155428224

System

TOI-6442

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.383 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,153.717 M⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.83 d · percentile 14 / cohort 1533
Distance 437.86 pc · percentile 72 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.040 · percentile 2 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.828 days
Semi-major axis
0.0480 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.94 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.83 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0480 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.485 %

Duration

2.620 h

Impact parameter b

0.740

Rp / R★

0.114600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,986.4090

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 14,846 ppm lasting ≈ 2.62 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.114600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.990

Impact parameter (b)

0.740

RV semi-amplitude (K)

383.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,986.4090

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11000

Eq. Temperature

1,991K

(1718 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,620.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.040

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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

Alves et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: NGTS-33

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

7,437 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.03 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.470 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.600 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.260 dex

Stellar density

0.810 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

18.90 km/s

Rotation period

0.67 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
437.86 parsec
Light-years 1,428.09 ly
V-band magnitude
11.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 25,184,372 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.111.811.84B11.60V11.40Gaia11.10TESS10.61J10.48H10.41K10.37W110.38W210.51W39.09W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.255 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.187 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.06 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.44 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.248 · y = 0.772 · z = -0.586

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 107.83333° · Dec -35.85052°

Galactic ℓ, b

247.350° · -11.801°

Ecliptic λ, β

117.589° · -57.594°

HTM-20 index

469154393

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