Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TIC 393818343 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TIC 393818343, located approximately 305.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.18 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,379.38 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 9.29 g
  • An orbital period of 16.249 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1291 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 806 K (532 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 305.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.221
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,391,384 years

TIC 393818343 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.18 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.087 R♃
Mass
1,379.38 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
4.340 M♃
Density
4.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
9.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.221
HZ Position Inner
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

#1439of 1771

top 81.2%

This planet

12.18R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TIC 393818343 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,379.38317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.009.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002.280.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,379.375 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 393818343

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4233021433662981760

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4233021433662981760

System

TIC 393818343

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.184 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,379.375 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 16.25 d · percentile 47 / cohort 1533
Distance 93.73 pc · percentile 34 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.221 · percentile 41 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.249 days
Semi-major axis
0.1291 AU
Eccentricity
0.606
Inclination
89.57 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.25 Earth days (4.4% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1291 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.060 %

Duration

4.151 h

Impact parameter b

0.119

Rp / R★

0.102950

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,811.2402

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 10,600 ppm lasting ≈ 4.15 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.102950

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

25.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.119

RV semi-amplitude (K)

414.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,811.2402

Long. of periastron (ω)

1.69°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.38000

Eq. Temperature

806K

(532 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2.28

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.221

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Sgro et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TIC 393818343

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,756 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.086 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.082 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.32

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.402 dex

Stellar density

1.198 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
93.73 parsec
Light-years 305.72 ly
V-band magnitude
9.48 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,391,384 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.610.310.26B9.48V9.43Gaia8.98TESS8.40J8.09H8.05K7.93W18.00W28.03W37.65W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.640 mas

Total Proper Motion

105.467 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-56.71 mas/yr

PM Declination

-88.92 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.645 · y = -0.761 · z = 0.063

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 310.29170° · Dec 3.63830°

Galactic ℓ, b

49.655° · -22.349°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.789° · 21.163°

HTM-20 index

1377874339

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