Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2384 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2384, located approximately 624.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.49 Earth radii
  • A mass of 624.85 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.73 g
  • An orbital period of 2.136 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0279 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 890 K (617 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 624.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.191
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,015,197 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-2384 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.49 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.025 R♃
Mass
624.85 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.966 M♃
Density
2.26 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.73 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.191
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

#1591of 1771

top 89.8%

This planet

11.49R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2384 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.4911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00624.85317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.261.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.732.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00104.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 624.851 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 382602147

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4699702272124241152

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4699702272124241152

System

TOI-2384

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.489 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1771
Mass 624.851 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.14 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1533
Distance 191.51 pc · percentile 49 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.191 · percentile 39 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.136 days
Semi-major axis
0.0279 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.37 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.14 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0279 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.927 %

Duration

1.891 h

Impact parameter b

0.280

Rp / R★

0.172300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,591.9959

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 29,273 ppm lasting ≈ 1.89 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.172300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.820

Impact parameter (b)

0.280

RV semi-amplitude (K)

419.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,591.9959

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14600

Eq. Temperature

890K

(617 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

104.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.191

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Bryant et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2384

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,943 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.611 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.635 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.33

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.660 dex

Stellar density

3.910 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
191.51 parsec
Light-years 624.62 ly
V-band magnitude
15.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,015,197 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.016.616.63B15.10V14.40Gaia13.31TESS12.00J11.31H11.12K11.02W111.04W210.60W39.03W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.194 mas

Total Proper Motion

53.343 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.58 mas/yr

PM Declination

-52.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.341 · y = 0.249 · z = -0.906

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 36.15615° · Dec -65.00020°

Galactic ℓ, b

288.065° · -49.351°

Ecliptic λ, β

338.885° · -68.545°

HTM-20 index

-103586227

Similar Worlds

Explore Related Categories