Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

UCAC3 113-933 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf UCAC3 113-933, located approximately 171.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6,674.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 45.59 g
  • Semi-major axis 6,100.0000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 171.50 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.286
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,024,443 years

UCAC3 113-933 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.080 R♃
Mass
6,674.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
21.000 M♃
Density
20.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
45.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.286
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Imaging
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1454of 1771

top 82.0%

This planet

12.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth UCAC3 113-933 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006,674.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5120.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0045.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6,674.397 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63726082

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2315343240650059520

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2315343240650059520

System

UCAC3 113-933

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.100 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 6,674.397 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1747
Distance 52.58 pc · percentile 21 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.286 · percentile 54 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
6,100.0000 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.286

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rothermich et al. 2024

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: UCAC3 113-933

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,864 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.55 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.564 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.610 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.95

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.682 dex

Stellar density

4.374 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

12.47 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

11.22 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
52.58 parsec
Light-years 171.50 ly
V-band magnitude
12.50 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,024,443 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.613.913.93B12.50V11.82Gaia10.87TESS9.73J9.02H8.87K8.73W18.72W28.60W39.19W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.989 mas

Total Proper Motion

124.439 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

113.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

-51.28 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.827 · y = 0.076 · z = -0.556

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 5.27581° · Dec -33.80317°

Galactic ℓ, b

345.462° · -80.664°

Ecliptic λ, β

349.641° · -32.740°

HTM-20 index

1813005012

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