Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TIC 279401253 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TIC 279401253, located approximately 931.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.21 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,951.47 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 15.53 g
  • An orbital period of 76.800 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3690 AU
  • Distance from Earth 931.45 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.422
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,426,108 years

1 sibling around TIC 279401253

TIC 279401253 b 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 279401253 b this Gas Giant 11.21 1,951.47 76.800 2023
TIC 279401253 c Gas Giant 12.60 2,548.98 155.300 2023

TIC 279401253 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.21 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.000 R♃
Mass
1,951.47 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
6.140 M♃
Density
7.61 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
15.53 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.422
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1633of 1771

top 92.2%

This planet

11.21R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TIC 279401253 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.2111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,951.47317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.611.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0015.532.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,951.466 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 279401253

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5110565749968529024

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5110565749968529024

System

TIC 279401253

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.209 R⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,951.466 M⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 76.80 d · percentile 52 / cohort 1533
Distance 285.58 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.422 · percentile 92 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
76.800 days
Semi-major axis
0.3690 AU
Eccentricity
0.448
Inclination
89.59 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 76.80 Earth days (21.0% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.3690 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Rp / R★

0.094000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,151.0550

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.094000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

71.900

RV semi-amplitude (K)

302.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,151.0550

Long. of periastron (ω)

137.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.29000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.422

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

Bozhilov et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TIC 279401253

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,951 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.060 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.130 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.438 dex

Stellar density

1.044 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

5.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
285.58 parsec
Light-years 931.45 ly
V-band magnitude
11.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,426,108 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.112.812.83B11.94V11.70Gaia11.26TESS10.72J10.45H10.35K10.27W110.35W210.22W39.05W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.473 mas

Total Proper Motion

37.755 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

26.85 mas/yr

PM Declination

-26.54 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.517 · y = 0.816 · z = -0.259

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 57.65723° · Dec -15.02623°

Galactic ℓ, b

206.081° · -46.732°

Ecliptic λ, β

51.321° · -34.225°

HTM-20 index

-925756967

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