Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-5688 A b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-5688 A, located approximately 738.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 124.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 2.948 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0338 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 742 K (469 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 738.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.196
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,017,270 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5688 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.920 R♃
Mass
124.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.390 M♃
Density
0.61 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.196
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

#1743of 1771

top 98.4%

This planet

10.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5688 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00124.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.611.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0050.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 124.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 193634953

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1363205856494897024

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1363205856494897024

System

TOI-5688

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.300 R⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1771
Mass 124.000 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.95 d · percentile 15 / cohort 1533
Distance 226.32 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.196 · percentile 40 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.948 days
Semi-major axis
0.0338 AU
Eccentricity
0.128
Inclination
87.05 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.95 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0338 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.409 %

Duration

1.680 h

Impact parameter b

0.714

Rp / R★

0.164000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,771.2602

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 24,090 ppm lasting ≈ 1.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.164000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.714

RV semi-amplitude (K)

79.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,771.2602

Long. of periastron (ω)

-1.32°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14900

Eq. Temperature

742K

(469 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

50.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.196

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.

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

Reji et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5688 A

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,713 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.570 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.600 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.47

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.690 dex

Stellar density

4.430 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-83.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
226.32 parsec
Light-years 738.15 ly
V-band magnitude
15.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,017,270 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.419.619.64U17.55B15.78V15.32Gaia14.21TESS17.01Sloan g15.62Sloan r14.63Sloan i14.09Sloan z12.86J12.14H11.96K11.64W111.62W211.72W39.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.390 mas

Total Proper Motion

65.118 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

65.11 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.036 · y = -0.672 · z = 0.740

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 266.92310° · Dec 47.70505°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.510° · 30.115°

Ecliptic λ, β

263.601° · 71.076°

HTM-20 index

-709971846

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