Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-5616 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-5616, located approximately 1,273.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.78 Earth radii
  • A mass of 624.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.37 g
  • An orbital period of 2.003 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0272 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 939 K (666 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,273.36 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.124
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,455,737 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5616 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.78 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.961 R♃
Mass
624.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.963 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.37 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.124
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

#1691of 1771

top 95.4%

This planet

10.78R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5616 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.7811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00624.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.372.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00137.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 624.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 154220877

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1545570133528453888

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1545570133528453888

System

TOI-5616

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.780 R⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1771
Mass 624.000 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.00 d · percentile 6 / cohort 1533
Distance 390.42 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.124 · percentile 33 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.003 days
Semi-major axis
0.0272 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.13 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.00 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0272 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.508 %

Duration

1.660 h

Impact parameter b

0.340

Rp / R★

0.153200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,901.4889

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 25,077 ppm lasting ≈ 1.66 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.153200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.210

Impact parameter (b)

0.340

RV semi-amplitude (K)

384.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,901.4889

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06970

Eq. Temperature

939K

(666 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

137.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.124

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Kanodia et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5616

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,996 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.646 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.666 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.670 dex

Stellar density

3.490 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
390.42 parsec
Light-years 1,273.36 ly
V-band magnitude
16.74 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,455,737 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.417.517.52B16.74V15.63Gaia14.69TESS13.57J12.86H12.74K12.59W112.65W211.70W38.39W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.533 mas

Total Proper Motion

51.720 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-43.12 mas/yr

PM Declination

28.56 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.658 · y = -0.056 · z = 0.751

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 184.90164° · Dec 48.68329°

Galactic ℓ, b

136.798° · 67.579°

Ecliptic λ, β

159.415° · 45.360°

HTM-20 index

1424247374

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