Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-4153 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4153, located approximately 1,382.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 365.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.41 g
  • An orbital period of 4.617 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0631 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,669 K (1396 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,382.38 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.068
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,378,263 years

TOI-4153 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.438 R♃
Mass
365.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.150 M♃
Density
0.48 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.41 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.068
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

#153of 1771

top 8.6%

This planet

16.12R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4153 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00365.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.481.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.412.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,212.010.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 365.503 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 470171739

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2299246592282070400

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2299246592282070400

System

TOI-4153

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.119 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1771
Mass 365.503 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.62 d · percentile 34 / cohort 1533
Distance 423.84 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.068 · percentile 12 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.617 days
Semi-major axis
0.0631 AU
Eccentricity
0.039
Inclination
88.75 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.62 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0631 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.932 %

Duration

4.512 h

Impact parameter b

0.184

Rp / R★

0.092100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,557.0575

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 9,323 ppm lasting ≈ 4.51 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.092100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.460

Impact parameter (b)

0.184

RV semi-amplitude (K)

103.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,557.0575

Long. of periastron (ω)

-165.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14900

Eq. Temperature

1,669K

(1396 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,212.01

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.068

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-4153

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,860 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.605 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.572 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.32

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.224 dex

Stellar density

0.537 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

9.44 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
423.84 parsec
Light-years 1,382.38 ly
V-band magnitude
11.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,378,263 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.012.312.29B11.60V11.56Gaia11.15TESS10.56J10.36H10.30K10.23W110.23W210.18W38.97W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.331 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.306 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

16.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.27 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.123 · y = -0.056 · z = 0.991

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 335.39347° · Dec 82.21608°

Galactic ℓ, b

117.874° · 20.861°

Ecliptic λ, β

70.214° · 68.664°

HTM-20 index

-1786299773

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