Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2368 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2368, located approximately 687.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.84 Earth radii
  • A mass of 206.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.76 g
  • An orbital period of 5.175 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0565 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,000 K (727 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 687.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.151
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,131,326 years

TOI-2368 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.84 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.967 R♃
Mass
206.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.650 M♃
Density
0.88 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.76 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.151
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

#1683of 1771

top 95.0%

This planet

10.84R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2368 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.8411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00206.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.881.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.762.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00162.730.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 206.588 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 401125028

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5325498111172934784

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5325498111172934784

System

TOI-2368

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.839 R⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1771
Mass 206.588 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.18 d · percentile 37 / cohort 1533
Distance 210.92 pc · percentile 51 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.151 · percentile 36 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.175 days
Semi-major axis
0.0565 AU
Eccentricity
0.061
Inclination
86.61 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.18 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0565 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.283 %

Duration

2.025 h

Impact parameter b

0.824

Rp / R★

0.117420

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,752.5955

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 12,830 ppm lasting ≈ 2.03 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.117420

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.370

Impact parameter (b)

0.824

RV semi-amplitude (K)

81.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,752.5955

Long. of periastron (ω)

121.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.26800

Eq. Temperature

1,000K

(727 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

162.73

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.151

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

Schulte et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2368

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,360 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.846 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.897 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.538 dex

Stellar density

2.100 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
210.92 parsec
Light-years 687.91 ly
V-band magnitude
12.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,131,326 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.113.413.44B12.49V12.27Gaia11.70TESS10.92J10.51H10.34K10.36W110.45W210.36W39.12W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.713 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.483 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

-19.82 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.468 · y = 0.469 · z = -0.749

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 134.95762° · Dec -48.48849°

Galactic ℓ, b

268.760° · -1.606°

Ecliptic λ, β

164.206° · -60.878°

HTM-20 index

-830248436

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