Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2529 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2529, located approximately 966.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.55 Earth radii
  • A mass of 743.72 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.58 g
  • An orbital period of 64.595 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3270 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 636 K (363 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 966.31 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.273
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,040,799 years

TOI-2529 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.55 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.030 R♃
Mass
743.72 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.340 M♃
Density
2.66 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.58 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.273
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

#1587of 1771

top 89.6%

This planet

11.55R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2529 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.5511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00743.72317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.661.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.582.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0070.970.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 743.718 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 269333648

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5513558648700780416

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5513558648705418368

System

TOI-2529

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.545 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1771
Mass 743.718 M⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 64.59 d · percentile 52 / cohort 1533
Distance 296.27 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.273 · percentile 50 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
64.595 days
Semi-major axis
0.3270 AU
Eccentricity
0.021
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 64.59 Earth days (17.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3270 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.424 %

Duration

8.943 h

Impact parameter b

0.680

Rp / R★

0.061000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,538.5151

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,240 ppm lasting ≈ 8.94 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.061000

Impact parameter (b)

0.680

RV semi-amplitude (K)

110.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,538.5151

Long. of periastron (ω)

103.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.10000

Eq. Temperature

636K

(363 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

70.97

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.273

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Jones et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2529

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,802 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.23 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.700 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.110 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.030 dex

Stellar density

0.326 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.70 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
296.27 parsec
Light-years 966.31 ly
V-band magnitude
11.53 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,040,799 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.512.112.12B11.53V11.19Gaia10.67TESS9.94J9.62H9.49K9.46W19.50W29.48W39.55W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.347 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.262 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

14.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

17.86 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.296 · y = 0.534 · z = -0.792

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 118.99454° · Dec -52.35483°

Galactic ℓ, b

266.056° · -12.122°

Ecliptic λ, β

149.384° · -69.879°

HTM-20 index

2131151896

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