Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TIC 139270665 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TIC 139270665, located approximately 619.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,554.18 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 9.34 g
  • An orbital period of 1,010.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.0000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 200 K (-73 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 619.29 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.401
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,921,156 years

1 sibling around TIC 139270665

TIC 139270665 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TIC 139270665 b Neptune-like 7.23 147.15 23.624 703 2024
TIC 139270665 c this Gas Giant 12.90 1,554.18 1,010.000 200 2024

TIC 139270665 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
1,554.18 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
4.890 M♃
Density
3.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
9.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.401
HZ Position Outer
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Lick Observatory
Telescope Automated Planet Finder Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1011of 1771

top 57.0%

This planet

12.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TIC 139270665 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,554.18317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.009.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.210.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,554.181 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 139270665

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 902448598271728256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 902448598271728256

System

TIC 139270665

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.900 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,554.181 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,010.00 d · percentile 77 / cohort 1533
Distance 189.88 pc · percentile 49 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.401 · percentile 86 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,010.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.0000 AU
Eccentricity
0.566
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.77 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 2.0000 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

423.000

Impact parameter (b)

310.000

RV semi-amplitude (K)

116.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,042.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

-44.30°

Angular separation (arcsec)

10.50000

Eq. Temperature

200K

(-73 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.21

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.401

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Beyond the outer HZ boundary (too cold) — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Peluso et al. 2024

Instrument

Levy Spectrograph

Publication

2024-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TIC 139270665

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,844 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.016 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.035 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.439 dex

Stellar density

1.390 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

4.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
189.88 parsec
Light-years 619.29 ly
V-band magnitude
10.39 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,921,156 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.610.910.92B10.39V10.18Gaia9.79TESS9.26J9.02H8.95K8.92W18.97W28.92W38.56W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.238 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.657 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

12.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

-19.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.468 · y = 0.693 · z = 0.549

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 124.03390° · Dec 33.29145°

Galactic ℓ, b

188.699° · 31.265°

Ecliptic λ, β

118.714° · 13.183°

HTM-20 index

-922733625

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