Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-4914 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-4914, located approximately 978.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.87 Earth radii
  • A mass of 227.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.37 g
  • An orbital period of 10.601 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0980 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 894 K (621 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 978.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.152
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,248,955 years

TOI-4914 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.87 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.148 R♃
Mass
227.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.714 M♃
Density
0.59 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.37 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.152
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

#1053of 1771

top 59.4%

This planet

12.87R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4914 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00227.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.591.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.372.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0018.110.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 227.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 49254857

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6176542204376734592

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6176542204376734592

System

TOI-4914

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.870 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 227.000 M⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 10.60 d · percentile 45 / cohort 1533
Distance 299.89 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.152 · percentile 37 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.601 days
Semi-major axis
0.0980 AU
Eccentricity
0.408
Inclination
86.35 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.60 Earth days (2.9% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0980 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.292 %

Duration

2.900 h

Impact parameter b

0.827

Rp / R★

0.118000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,317.2727

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 12,920 ppm lasting ≈ 2.90 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.118000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

20.980

Impact parameter (b)

0.827

RV semi-amplitude (K)

70.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,317.2727

Long. of periastron (ω)

58.70°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.32700

Eq. Temperature

894K

(621 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

18.11

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.152

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

Mantovan et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4914

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,805 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.000 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

1.551 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

11.99 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.40 km/s

Rotation period

25.70 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.320

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
299.89 parsec
Light-years 978.11 ly
V-band magnitude
12.24 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,248,955 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.912.912.87B12.24V12.10Gaia11.66TESS11.03J10.74H10.71K10.62W110.65W210.40W38.94W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.306 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.320 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-13.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.802 · y = -0.366 · z = -0.472

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 204.54267° · Dec -28.14292°

Galactic ℓ, b

315.311° · 33.603°

Ecliptic λ, β

213.135° · -16.682°

HTM-20 index

-421879417

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