Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2485 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2485, located approximately 1,297.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 766.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.20 g
  • An orbital period of 11.235 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1093 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,134 K (861 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,297.95 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.145
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,889,304 years

TOI-2485 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.083 R♃
Mass
766.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.412 M♃
Density
2.36 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.145
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

#1446of 1771

top 81.6%

This planet

12.14R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2485 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00766.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.361.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00275.600.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 766.602 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 328934463

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1443530261848942336

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1443530266145475840

System

TOI-2485

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.139 R⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1771
Mass 766.602 M⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 11.23 d · percentile 45 / cohort 1533
Distance 397.95 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.145 · percentile 36 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.235 days
Semi-major axis
0.1093 AU
Eccentricity
0.034
Inclination
89.49 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.23 Earth days (3.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1093 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.478 %

Duration

6.567 h

Impact parameter b

0.121

Rp / R★

0.064700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,939.7856

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,780 ppm lasting ≈ 6.57 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.064700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.690

Impact parameter (b)

0.121

RV semi-amplitude (K)

197.840 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,939.7856

Long. of periastron (ω)

10.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.27500

Eq. Temperature

1,134K

(861 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

275.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.145

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

Carleo et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2485

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,016 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.720 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.163 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.010 dex

Stellar density

0.385 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
397.95 parsec
Light-years 1,297.95 ly
V-band magnitude
11.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,889,304 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.014.714.67U12.09B11.94V11.37Gaia10.97TESS12.12Sloan g11.43Sloan r11.36Sloan i11.73Sloan z10.37J10.13H10.05K10.01W110.06W29.93W39.03W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.485 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.255 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.833 · y = -0.392 · z = 0.390

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 205.20432° · Dec 22.98397°

Galactic ℓ, b

15.298° · 78.081°

Ecliptic λ, β

193.781° · 30.944°

HTM-20 index

1049162358

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