Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-6383 A b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-6383 A, located approximately 558.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.29 Earth radii
  • A mass of 331.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.60 g
  • An orbital period of 1.791 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0229 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 745 K (472 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 558.77 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.214
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,853,859 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-6383 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.29 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.008 R♃
Mass
331.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.040 M♃
Density
1.26 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.60 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.214
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

#1619of 1771

top 91.4%

This planet

11.29R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-6383 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.2911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00331.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.261.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.602.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0051.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 331.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 328513434

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 473934011733049856

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 473934011733049856

System

TOI-6383

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.290 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1771
Mass 331.000 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.79 d · percentile 5 / cohort 1533
Distance 171.32 pc · percentile 47 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.214 · percentile 40 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.791 days
Semi-major axis
0.0229 AU
Eccentricity
0.050
Inclination
88.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.79 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0229 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

4.732 %

Duration

1.540 h

Rp / R★

0.224500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,933.5955

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 47,315 ppm lasting ≈ 1.54 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.224500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.680

RV semi-amplitude (K)

277.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,933.5955

Long. of periastron (ω)

23.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13400

Eq. Temperature

745K

(472 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

51.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.214

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

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-6383 A

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,444 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.457 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.458 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.810 dex

Stellar density

6.740 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

11.90 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Distance
171.32 parsec
Light-years 558.77 ly
V-band magnitude
16.63 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,853,859 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.218.518.52B16.63V15.66Gaia14.45TESS12.99J12.32H12.09K11.97W111.86W211.61W39.18W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.809 mas

Total Proper Motion

65.669 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

41.13 mas/yr

PM Declination

-51.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.240 · y = 0.423 · z = 0.874

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 60.42470° · Dec 60.89137°

Galactic ℓ, b

144.098° · 6.100°

Ecliptic λ, β

71.922° · 39.295°

HTM-20 index

390361033

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