Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-4515 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-4515, located approximately 631.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.17 Earth radii
  • A mass of 637.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.30 g
  • An orbital period of 15.266 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1180 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 705 K (432 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 631.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.234
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,129,600 years

TOI-4515 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.17 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.086 R♃
Mass
637.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.005 M♃
Density
1.94 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.30 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.234
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

#1443of 1771

top 81.4%

This planet

12.17R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4515 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00637.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.941.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.302.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0042.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 637.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 456862677

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 289464440515102976

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 289464440515102976

System

TOI-4515

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.170 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1771
Mass 637.000 M⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 15.27 d · percentile 46 / cohort 1533
Distance 193.50 pc · percentile 49 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.234 · percentile 42 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.266 days
Semi-major axis
0.1180 AU
Eccentricity
0.461
Inclination
87.95 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.27 Earth days (4.2% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1180 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.619 %

Duration

3.240 h

Impact parameter b

0.772

Rp / R★

0.130000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,451.6219

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 16,186 ppm lasting ≈ 3.24 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.130000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

29.670

Impact parameter (b)

0.772

RV semi-amplitude (K)

191.300 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,451.6219

Long. of periastron (ω)

169.90°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.61000

Eq. Temperature

705K

(432 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

42.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.234

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Carleo et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4515

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,433 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.860 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.949 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.480 dex

Stellar density

2.123 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

12.75 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.40 km/s

Rotation period

15.50 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.670

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
193.50 parsec
Light-years 631.11 ly
V-band magnitude
11.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,129,600 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.014.914.87U12.87B11.94V11.81Gaia11.30TESS12.57Sloan g11.90Sloan r11.69Sloan i12.99Sloan z10.63J10.19H10.13K10.10W110.14W210.15W39.01W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.140 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.466 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.12 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.867 · y = 0.336 · z = 0.367

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 21.18618° · Dec 21.51306°

Galactic ℓ, b

133.168° · -40.696°

Ecliptic λ, β

27.640° · 11.696°

HTM-20 index

-1437706653

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