Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

TYC 0434-04538-1 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TYC 0434-04538-1, located approximately 2,000.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,938.76 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 12.02 g
  • An orbital period of 193.200 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.6600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 2,000.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.441
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,282,566 years

TYC 0434-04538-1 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
1,938.76 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
6.100 M♃
Density
5.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
12.02 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.441
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1130of 1771

top 63.7%

This planet

12.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TYC 0434-04538-1 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,938.76317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0012.022.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,938.763 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 398118692

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4468259369457276672

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4468259369457276672

System

TYC 0434-04538-1

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.700 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,938.763 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 193.20 d · percentile 57 / cohort 1533
Distance 613.42 pc · percentile 79 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.441 · percentile 98 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
193.200 days
Semi-major axis
0.6600 AU
Eccentricity
0.080
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 193.20 Earth days (52.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.6600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.441

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Niedzielski et al. 2021

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2021-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TYC 0434-04538-1

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,679 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

9.990 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.040 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.38

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.490 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-52.88 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.00 km/s

Rotation period

169.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
613.42 parsec
Light-years 2,000.71 ly
V-band magnitude
10.25 mag
Voyager-speed travel 35,282,566 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.111.511.48B10.25V9.92Gaia9.20TESS8.13J7.55H7.41K7.26W17.37W27.26W37.06W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.605 mas

Total Proper Motion

48.173 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-40.26 mas/yr

PM Declination

-26.45 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.023 · y = -0.999 · z = 0.036

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 271.33965° · Dec 2.06228°

Galactic ℓ, b

29.485° · 11.188°

Ecliptic λ, β

271.479° · 25.495°

HTM-20 index

-717375814

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