Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1386 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1386, located approximately 479.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 75.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.71 g
  • An orbital period of 232.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.7500 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 327 K (54 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 478.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.369
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,446,921 years

1 sibling around TOI-1386

TOI-1386 c 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-1386 b Neptune-like 6.22 45.80 25.840 615 2024
TOI-1386 c this Gas Giant 10.30 75.20 232.000 327 2024

TOI-1386 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.918 R♃
Mass
75.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.237 M♃
Density
0.38 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.71 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.369
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1743of 1771

top 98.4%

This planet

10.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1386 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0075.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.381.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.712.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.770.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 75.200 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 343019899

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2005028761147595648

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2005028761147595648

System

TOI-1386

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.300 R⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1771
Mass 75.200 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 232.00 d · percentile 58 / cohort 1533
Distance 146.86 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.369 · percentile 76 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
232.000 days
Semi-major axis
0.7500 AU
Eccentricity
0.380
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 232.00 Earth days (63.5% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.7500 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

8.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,750.9000

Long. of periastron (ω)

71.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

5.11000

Eq. Temperature

327K

(54 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.77

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.369

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hill et al. 2024

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2024-02

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2024 at W. M. Keck Observatory (2 shown).

Host System: TOI-1386

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,735 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.024 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.036 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.431 dex

Stellar density

1.350 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
146.86 parsec
Light-years 478.99 ly
V-band magnitude
10.61 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,446,921 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.111.311.34B10.61V10.51Gaia10.06TESS9.48J9.12H9.09K9.05W19.11W29.09W39.25W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.781 mas

Total Proper Motion

56.071 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

55.05 mas/yr

PM Declination

10.64 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.526 · y = -0.251 · z = 0.812

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 334.50410° · Dec 54.31905°

Galactic ℓ, b

101.697° · -2.102°

Ecliptic λ, β

9.988° · 57.685°

HTM-20 index

-637225182

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