Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TIC 241249530 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TIC 241249530, located approximately 1,058.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.29 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,582.79 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 8.96 g
  • An orbital period of 165.772 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.6410 AU
  • Distance from Earth 1,058.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.420
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,661,473 years

TIC 241249530 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.29 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.186 R♃
Mass
1,582.79 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
4.980 M♃
Density
3.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
8.96 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.420
HZ Position Unknown
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

#841of 1771

top 47.4%

This planet

13.29R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TIC 241249530 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.2911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,582.79317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.008.962.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,582.785 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 241249530

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 995754258812449024

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 995754258812449024

System

TIC 241249530

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.294 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,582.785 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 165.77 d · percentile 56 / cohort 1533
Distance 324.45 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.420 · percentile 91 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
165.772 days
Semi-major axis
0.6410 AU
Eccentricity
0.941
Inclination
85.17 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 165.77 Earth days (45.4% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.6410 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Impact parameter b

0.581

Rp / R★

0.087300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,860.8007

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.087300

Impact parameter (b)

0.581

RV semi-amplitude (K)

463.300 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,860.8007

Long. of periastron (ω)

42.32°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

163.50°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.98000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.420

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Gupta et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TIC 241249530

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,166 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.397 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.271 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.230 dex

Stellar density

0.748 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

4.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
324.45 parsec
Light-years 1,058.21 ly
V-band magnitude
11.91 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,661,473 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.012.612.63B11.91V11.57Gaia11.13TESS10.54J10.27H10.19K10.12W110.15W210.18W38.99W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.054 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.587 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.67 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.055 · y = 0.595 · z = 0.802

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 95.30890° · Dec 53.29502°

Galactic ℓ, b

161.266° · 17.198°

Ecliptic λ, β

93.655° · 29.923°

HTM-20 index

-1561113490

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