Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1199 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1199, located approximately 810.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.51 Earth radii
  • A mass of 75.96 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.69 g
  • An orbital period of 3.671 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0499 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,486 K (1213 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 810.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.083
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,288,927 years

TOI-1199 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.51 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.938 R♃
Mass
75.96 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.239 M♃
Density
0.36 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.69 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.083
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

#1729of 1771

top 97.6%

This planet

10.51R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1199 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.5111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0075.96317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.361.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.692.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00324.110.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 75.961 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 99869022

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 861975270310252416

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 861975270310252416

System

TOI-1199

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.514 R⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1771
Mass 75.961 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.67 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1533
Distance 248.43 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.083 · percentile 19 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.671 days
Semi-major axis
0.0499 AU
Eccentricity
0.030
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.67 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0499 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.434 %

Duration

2.149 h

Impact parameter b

0.849

Rp / R★

0.066300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,420.5376

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,340 ppm lasting ≈ 2.15 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.066300

Impact parameter (b)

0.849

RV semi-amplitude (K)

27.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,420.5376

Long. of periastron (ω)

57.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20100

Eq. Temperature

1,486K

(1213 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

324.11

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.083

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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

Serrano Bell et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1199

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,710 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.450 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.230 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.44

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.190 dex

Stellar density

0.386 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.40 km/s

Rotation period

23.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.100

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
248.43 parsec
Light-years 810.26 ly
V-band magnitude
11.09 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,288,927 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.714.614.63U11.74B11.09V10.89Gaia10.42TESS11.47Sloan g10.92Sloan r10.77Sloan i11.31Sloan z9.83J9.54H9.47K9.41W19.46W29.40W38.68W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.997 mas

Total Proper Motion

33.591 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.02 mas/yr

PM Declination

-33.35 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.467 · y = 0.109 · z = 0.878

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 166.88066° · Dec 61.35257°

Galactic ℓ, b

142.694° · 51.603°

Ecliptic λ, β

136.121° · 49.631°

HTM-20 index

1204342909

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