Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TIC 4672985 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TIC 4672985, located approximately 826.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,049.13 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 30.62 g
  • An orbital period of 69.048 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3300 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 517 K (244 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 826.43 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.275
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,574,099 years

TIC 4672985 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.026 R♃
Mass
4,049.13 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
12.740 M♃
Density
14.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
30.62 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.275
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

#1590of 1771

top 89.7%

This planet

11.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TIC 4672985 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,049.13317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5114.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0030.622.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4,049.134 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 4672985

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5172202413314737152

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5172202413314737152

System

TIC 4672985

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.500 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,049.134 M⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 69.05 d · percentile 52 / cohort 1533
Distance 253.39 pc · percentile 56 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.275 · percentile 51 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
69.048 days
Semi-major axis
0.3300 AU
Eccentricity
0.018
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 69.05 Earth days (18.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3300 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Impact parameter b

0.900

Rp / R★

0.089000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,429.8577

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.089000

Impact parameter (b)

0.900

RV semi-amplitude (K)

625.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,429.8577

Long. of periastron (ω)

126.30°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.30000

Eq. Temperature

517K

(244 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.275

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — 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

Jones et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TIC 4672985

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,757 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.71 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.150 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.010 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.320 dex

Stellar density

0.939 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
253.39 parsec
Light-years 826.43 ly
V-band magnitude
11.50 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,574,099 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.512.712.67B11.50V11.44Gaia10.99TESS10.35J10.06H9.97K9.94W19.98W29.89W38.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.918 mas

Total Proper Motion

51.355 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

43.22 mas/yr

PM Declination

-27.74 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.769 · y = 0.611 · z = -0.185

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 38.47068° · Dec -10.65738°

Galactic ℓ, b

183.518° · -60.813°

Ecliptic λ, β

32.347° · -24.385°

HTM-20 index

705244615

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