Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-3919 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-3919, located approximately 1,971.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.32 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,233.17 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 8.13 g
  • An orbital period of 7.433 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0795 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,198 K (925 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,971.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.142
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,774,628 years

TOI-3919 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.32 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.099 R♃
Mass
1,233.17 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.880 M♃
Density
3.63 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
8.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.142
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

#1347of 1771

top 76.0%

This planet

12.32R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3919 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.3211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,233.17317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.631.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.008.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00184.320.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,233.174 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 23769326

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1497132660589966976

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1497132660589966976

System

TOI-3919

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.319 R⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,233.174 M⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 7.43 d · percentile 42 / cohort 1533
Distance 604.59 pc · percentile 79 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.142 · percentile 35 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.433 days
Semi-major axis
0.0795 AU
Eccentricity
0.259
Inclination
86.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.43 Earth days (2.0% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0795 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.695 %

Duration

3.854 h

Impact parameter b

0.835

Rp / R★

0.085600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,519.2998

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,950 ppm lasting ≈ 3.85 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.085600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.950

Impact parameter (b)

0.835

RV semi-amplitude (K)

367.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,519.2998

Long. of periastron (ω)

-65.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13100

Eq. Temperature

1,198K

(925 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

184.32

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.142

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-3919

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,100 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.319 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.208 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.279 dex

Stellar density

0.742 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

7.73 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
604.59 parsec
Light-years 1,971.91 ly
V-band magnitude
12.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,774,628 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.713.413.35B12.86V12.71Gaia12.33TESS11.82J11.55H11.50K11.48W111.51W211.51W38.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.625 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.370 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.19 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.91 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.666 · y = -0.369 · z = 0.648

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 208.94475° · Dec 40.39181°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.964° · 71.225°

Ecliptic λ, β

186.877° · 47.830°

HTM-20 index

-717158464

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