Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

UCAC4 328-061594 b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown UCAC4 328-061594, located approximately 130.2 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 19,000.0000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 130.17 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.286
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,295,464 years

UCAC4 328-061594 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 UCAC4 328-061594 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 168071263

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5473389537569200896

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5473389537569200896

System

UCAC4 328-061594

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.100 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 6,674.397 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1747
Distance 39.91 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.286 · percentile 54 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
19,000.0000 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: UCAC4 328-061594

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

0.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

1.190 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
39.91 parsec
Light-years 130.17 ly
V-band magnitude
15.69 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,295,464 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.216.215.14B15.69V15.21Gaia15.48TESS15.63J15.71H15.79K15.85W116.22W212.73W39.19W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

25.028 mas

Total Proper Motion

125.237 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-113.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

-53.71 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.809 · y = 0.418 · z = -0.414

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 152.69911° · Dec -24.45327°

Galactic ℓ, b

262.360° · 25.493°

Ecliptic λ, β

164.886° · -33.084°

HTM-20 index

23030430

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