Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1294 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1294, located approximately 1,085.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 63.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.62 g
  • An orbital period of 3.915 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0510 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,393 K (1120 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,084.95 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.090
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,133,117 years

1 sibling around TOI-1294

TOI-1294 b 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
TOI-1294 b this Gas Giant 10.12 63.90 3.915 1,393 2024
TOI-1294 c Gas Giant 14.30 147.00 159.900 2024

TOI-1294 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.903 R♃
Mass
63.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.201 M♃
Density
0.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.62 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.090
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

#1757of 1771

top 99.2%

This planet

10.12R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1294 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0063.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.622.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00311.500.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 63.900 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 219015370

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1695343683312903168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1695343683312903168

System

TOI-1294

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.124 R⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1771
Mass 63.900 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.92 d · percentile 28 / cohort 1533
Distance 332.65 pc · percentile 63 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.090 · percentile 23 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.915 days
Semi-major axis
0.0510 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.92 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0510 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.335 %

Duration

3.033 h

Impact parameter b

0.860

Rp / R★

0.059627

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,393.0071

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,350 ppm lasting ≈ 3.03 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.059627

Impact parameter (b)

0.860

RV semi-amplitude (K)

23.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,393.0071

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15300

Eq. Temperature

1,393K

(1120 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

311.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.090

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

Polanski et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1294

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,718 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.557 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.158 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.119 dex

Stellar density

0.432 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
332.65 parsec
Light-years 1,084.95 ly
V-band magnitude
11.31 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,133,117 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.412.512.47B11.31V11.40Gaia10.95TESS10.34J10.01H9.96K9.93W19.97W29.83W39.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.977 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.240 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-19.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.56 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.244 · y = -0.228 · z = 0.943

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 223.09264° · Dec 70.47656°

Galactic ℓ, b

109.547° · 43.373°

Ecliptic λ, β

145.863° · 72.853°

HTM-20 index

-160526013

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