Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TIC 279401253 c

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 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,548.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 16.06 g
  • An orbital period of 155.300 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5910 AU
  • Distance from Earth 931.45 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.414
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,426,108 years

1 sibling around TIC 279401253

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

TIC 279401253 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,548.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
8.020 M♃
Density
7.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
16.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.414
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1179of 1771

top 66.5%

This planet

12.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TIC 279401253 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,548.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0016.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2,548.984 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

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 12.600 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,548.984 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 155.30 d · percentile 56 / cohort 1533
Distance 285.58 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.414 · percentile 89 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
155.300 days
Semi-major axis
0.5910 AU
Eccentricity
0.254
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 155.30 Earth days (42.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.5910 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.097000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

75.200

RV semi-amplitude (K)

286.900 m/s

Long. of periastron (ω)

120.90°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.07000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.414

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Bozhilov et al. 2023

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2023-02

Observation locale

Ground

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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