Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1295 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-1295, located approximately 1,266.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 451.32 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.83 g
  • An orbital period of 3.197 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0470 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,360 K (2087 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,266.23 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.047
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,329,888 years

TOI-1295 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.400 R♃
Mass
451.32 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.420 M♃
Density
0.65 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.83 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.047
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

#184of 1771

top 10.3%

This planet

15.69R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1295 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00451.32317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.651.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.832.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,800.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 451.316 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 219852584

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1636690613486307840

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1636690613486307840

System

TOI-1295

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.693 R⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1771
Mass 451.316 M⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.20 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1533
Distance 388.23 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.047 · percentile 3 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.197 days
Semi-major axis
0.0470 AU
Eccentricity
0.024
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.20 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0470 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.796 %

Duration

6.200 h

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,913.3800

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,959 ppm lasting ≈ 6.20 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

158.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,913.3800

Long. of periastron (ω)

80.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12100

Eq. Temperature

2,360K

(2087 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,800.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.047

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

Ehrhardt et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1295

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,280 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.700 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.380 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.100 dex

Stellar density

0.457 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

7.80 km/s

Rotation period

11.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
388.23 parsec
Light-years 1,266.23 ly
V-band magnitude
11.30 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,329,888 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.911.611.61B11.30V11.13Gaia10.80TESS10.34J10.12H10.08K10.07W110.09W210.09W39.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.547 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.224 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.087 · y = -0.367 · z = 0.926

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 256.67220° · Dec 67.87150°

Galactic ℓ, b

98.632° · 34.774°

Ecliptic λ, β

159.660° · 84.686°

HTM-20 index

-1436682285

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