Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-5110 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-5110, located approximately 1,279.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.98 Earth radii
  • A mass of 921.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.42 g
  • An orbital period of 30.159 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2157 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 976 K (703 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,279.38 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.176
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,561,799 years

TOI-5110 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.98 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.069 R♃
Mass
921.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.900 M♃
Density
2.95 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.42 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.176
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

#1519of 1771

top 85.7%

This planet

11.98R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5110 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.9811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00921.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.951.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.422.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0015.100.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 921.702 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 918.524 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 239977528

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3439633221952197120

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3439633221952197120

System

TOI-5110

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.982 R⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1771
Mass 921.702 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 30.16 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1533
Distance 392.26 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.176 · percentile 38 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
30.159 days
Semi-major axis
0.2157 AU
Eccentricity
0.745
Inclination
85.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 30.16 Earth days (8.3% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.2157 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.222 %

Duration

4.217 h

Impact parameter b

0.430

Rp / R★

0.047090

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,503.6790

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,217 ppm lasting ≈ 4.22 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.047090

Impact parameter (b)

0.430

RV semi-amplitude (K)

218.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,503.6790

Long. of periastron (ω)

92.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.55000

Eq. Temperature

976K

(703 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

15.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.176

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

Heidari et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5110

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,160 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.333 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.469 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.869 dex

Stellar density

0.163 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.30 km/s

Rotation period

14.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.200

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
392.26 parsec
Light-years 1,279.38 ly
V-band magnitude
11.06 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,561,799 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.811.411.42B11.06V10.68Gaia10.26TESS9.69J9.39H9.32K9.27W19.30W29.31W38.84W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.522 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.540 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.30 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.065 · y = 0.849 · z = 0.524

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 94.40427° · Dec 31.61033°

Galactic ℓ, b

181.069° · 7.328°

Ecliptic λ, β

93.785° · 8.229°

HTM-20 index

-301648689

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