Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-4379 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4379, located approximately 2,104.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 353.74 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 3.254 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,869 K (1596 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,104.22 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.057
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,107,945 years

TOI-4379 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.489 R♃
Mass
353.74 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.113 M♃
Density
0.42 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.057
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

#126of 1771

top 7.1%

This planet

16.69R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4379 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00353.74317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.421.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,886.090.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 353.743 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 97766057

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6027376203516634112

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6027376203516634112

System

TOI-4379

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.690 R⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1771
Mass 353.743 M⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.25 d · percentile 19 / cohort 1533
Distance 645.16 pc · percentile 80 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.057 · percentile 7 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.254 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.018
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.25 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.612 %

Duration

5.192 h

Rp / R★

0.077000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,734.2690

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,115 ppm lasting ≈ 5.19 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.077000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.630

RV semi-amplitude (K)

119.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,734.2690

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-1.00°

Eq. Temperature

1,869K

(1596 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,886.09

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.057

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

Saunders et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4379

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,020 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.51 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.976 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.372 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.929 dex

Stellar density

0.205 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

5.90 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
645.16 parsec
Light-years 2,104.22 ly
V-band magnitude
12.66 mag
Voyager-speed travel 37,107,945 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.713.313.34B12.66V12.41Gaia11.90TESS11.14J10.84H10.73K10.69W110.72W210.91W38.72W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.523 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.433 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.16 mas/yr

PM Declination

-17.12 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.260 · y = -0.803 · z = -0.536

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 252.04788° · Dec -32.43375°

Galactic ℓ, b

349.996° · 8.060°

Ecliptic λ, β

254.682° · -9.944°

HTM-20 index

-788920017

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