Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-3894 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-3894, located approximately 1,361.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.28 Earth radii
  • A mass of 260.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 4.335 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0535 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,531 K (1258 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,361.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.074
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,005,836 years

TOI-3894 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.28 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.363 R♃
Mass
260.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.820 M♃
Density
0.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.074
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

#211of 1771

top 11.9%

This planet

15.28R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3894 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.2811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00260.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00546.900.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 260.619 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 165464482

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1562935820172427392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1562935820172427392

System

TOI-3894

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.278 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1771
Mass 260.619 M⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.33 d · percentile 32 / cohort 1533
Distance 417.37 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.074 · percentile 15 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.335 days
Semi-major axis
0.0535 AU
Eccentricity
0.050
Inclination
84.63 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.33 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0535 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.898 %

Duration

3.595 h

Impact parameter b

0.700

Rp / R★

0.093020

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,250.5078

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,978 ppm lasting ≈ 3.60 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.093020

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.630

Impact parameter (b)

0.700

RV semi-amplitude (K)

96.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,250.5078

Long. of periastron (ω)

108.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12800

Eq. Temperature

1,531K

(1258 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

546.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.074

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-3894

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,000 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.502 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.138 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.143 dex

Stellar density

0.475 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

5.27 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
417.37 parsec
Light-years 1,361.26 ly
V-band magnitude
11.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,005,836 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.814.78U12.09B11.99V11.69Gaia11.32TESS14.66Sloan g11.77Sloan r11.69Sloan i13.24Sloan z10.78J10.51H10.48K10.45W110.49W210.45W39.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.367 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.364 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.54 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.563 · y = -0.221 · z = 0.796

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 201.37483° · Dec 52.76810°

Galactic ℓ, b

111.314° · 63.585°

Ecliptic λ, β

168.520° · 54.906°

HTM-20 index

265274497

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