Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TIC 365102760 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TIC 365102760, located approximately 1,811.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.21 Earth radii
  • A mass of 19.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.50 g
  • An orbital period of 4.213 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0622 AU
  • Distance from Earth 1,811.95 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.367
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 31,953,677 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TIC 365102760 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.21 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.554 R♃
Mass
19.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.060 M♃
Density
0.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.50 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.367
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

#260of 574

top 45.1%

This planet

6.21R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TIC 365102760 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.2111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0019.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.502.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 19.200 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 365102760

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2185044477033336064

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2185044477033336064

System

TIC 365102760

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.210 R⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 574
Mass 19.200 M⊕ · percentile 26 / cohort 574
Orbital period 4.21 d · percentile 15 / cohort 524
Distance 555.55 pc · percentile 58 / cohort 572
ESI 0.367 · percentile 67 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.213 days
Semi-major axis
0.0622 AU
Eccentricity
0.406
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.21 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0622 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

5.520 h

Impact parameter b

0.704

Rp / R★

0.017600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,684.1460

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.140

Impact parameter (b)

0.704

RV semi-amplitude (K)

7.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,684.1460

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.22°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11200

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.367

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Grunblatt et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TIC 365102760

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,900 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

3.130 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.170 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.520 dex

Stellar density

0.058 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-1.59 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
555.55 parsec
Light-years 1,811.95 ly
V-band magnitude
12.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 31,953,677 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.913.013.03B12.15V11.98Gaia11.33TESS10.41J9.89H9.79K9.72W19.81W29.70W38.86W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.772 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.055 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

10.88 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.341 · y = -0.472 · z = 0.813

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 305.83982° · Dec 54.39432°

Galactic ℓ, b

89.991° · 9.697°

Ecliptic λ, β

342.171° · 69.018°

HTM-20 index

-1738080290

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