Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-4504 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-4504, located approximately 1,117.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,197.32 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 9.72 g
  • An orbital period of 82.972 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3569 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 183 K (-90 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,117.43 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.394
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,705,820 years

2 siblings around TOI-4504

TOI-4504 c shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-4504 b Sub-Neptune 2.69 7.71 2.426 1,234 2024
TOI-4504 d Gas Giant 13.60 450.24 40.563 2024
TOI-4504 c this Gas Giant 11.10 1,197.32 82.972 183 2024

TOI-4504 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.990 R♃
Mass
1,197.32 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.767 M♃
Density
4.81 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
9.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.394
HZ Position Outer
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

#1656of 1771

top 93.5%

This planet

11.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4504 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,197.32317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.811.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.009.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.260.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,197.323 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 349972412

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5289275864525400704

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5289275864525400704

System

TOI-4504

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.097 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,197.323 M⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 82.97 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1533
Distance 342.61 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.394 · percentile 84 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
82.972 days
Semi-major axis
0.3569 AU
Eccentricity
0.032
Inclination
89.69 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 82.97 Earth days (22.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3569 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.307 %

Duration

7.497 h

Impact parameter b

0.492

Rp / R★

0.108000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,400.3906

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,068 ppm lasting ≈ 7.50 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.108000

Impact parameter (b)

0.492

RV semi-amplitude (K)

190.892 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,400.3906

Long. of periastron (ω)

270.90°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

83.97°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.04000

Eq. Temperature

183K

(-90 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.26

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.394

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Beyond the outer HZ boundary (too cold) — surface water would be frozen.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4504

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,315 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.920 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.458 dex

Stellar density

1.607 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.90 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
342.61 parsec
Light-years 1,117.43 ly
V-band magnitude
13.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,705,820 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.514.214.24B13.36V13.13Gaia12.55TESS11.71J11.32H11.24K11.16W111.22W211.24W39.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.890 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.007 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.32 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.194 · y = 0.426 · z = -0.884

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 114.46731° · Dec -62.07828°

Galactic ℓ, b

273.986° · -18.605°

Ecliptic λ, β

168.464° · -78.584°

HTM-20 index

892222422

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