Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-6130 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-6130, located approximately 720.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.35 Earth radii
  • A mass of 333.72 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.62 g
  • An orbital period of 2.393 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0360 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,750 K (1477 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 720.42 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.070
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,704,604 years

TOI-6130 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.35 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.280 R♃
Mass
333.72 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.050 M♃
Density
0.64 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.62 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.070
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

#298of 1771

top 16.8%

This planet

14.35R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-6130 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.3511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00333.72317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.641.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.622.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,150.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 333.720 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 210083929

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2736716262948031872

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2736716262948031872

System

TOI-6130

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.348 R⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1771
Mass 333.720 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.39 d · percentile 10 / cohort 1533
Distance 220.88 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.070 · percentile 13 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.393 days
Semi-major axis
0.0360 AU
Eccentricity
0.036
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.39 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0360 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.341 %

Duration

2.420 h

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,849.6392

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,405 ppm lasting ≈ 2.42 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

145.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,849.6392

Long. of periastron (ω)

42.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16300

Eq. Temperature

1,750K

(1477 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,150.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.070

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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

Ehrhardt et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-6130

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,110 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.510 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.310 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.190 dex

Stellar density

0.958 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

8.40 km/s

Rotation period

11.10 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
220.88 parsec
Light-years 720.42 ly
V-band magnitude
11.21 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,704,604 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

7.914.514.47U11.76B11.21V10.98Gaia10.56TESS11.37Sloan g13.74Sloan r13.22Sloan i13.05Sloan z9.97J9.71H9.66K9.63W19.66W29.65W37.92W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.499 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.733 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

18.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

9.34 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.895 · y = -0.340 · z = 0.289

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 339.20508° · Dec 16.82719°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.426° · -35.247°

Ecliptic λ, β

347.603° · 23.626°

HTM-20 index

1998367104

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