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Rare exoplanet 40 EP

TIC 241249530 b

RA 95.3089° · Dec 53.2950° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 6 badges
40 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Two suns in its sky +12
  • Eccentric orbit +9
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Gas giant +4
  • Found by TESS +4
Total score 40

10 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) · +6
  • Gas giant · +4
  • Eccentric orbit · +9
  • Found by TESS · +4
  • Two suns in its sky · +12

Trivia

What it actually is

  • What it is made of. Its density says rock, though lighter than Earth's mix: probably less iron, or a thick shell of water and ice over the top.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 11.9 you'll want a small backyard telescope.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around December — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Impossible with our current technology — and the next millennium of it.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 18.6 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1.7 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

density gcc
3.7
diameter km
169579.0235
discovery facility
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
discovery method
Transit
discovery year
2024
dist ly
1058.2066
eccentricity
0.9412
eq temp k
438.94
host star teff
6166
inclination
85.17
insolation
6.2305
mag
11.908
mass earth
1582.7855
multi star system
yes
name
TIC 241249530 b
orbital period days
165.7719
radius earth
13.2939
semi major au
0.641
sys num planets
1
sys num stars
2

About TIC 241249530 b

TIC 241249530 b is a rare exoplanet. It lies about 1,058.2 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 11.91, has an equilibrium temperature near 439 K and spans roughly 13.29 Earth radii.

Its density says rock, though lighter than Earth's mix: probably less iron, or a thick shell of water and ice over the top.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 11.91, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, TIC 241249530 b is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why TIC 241249530 b is a rare exoplanet

TIC 241249530 b scores 40 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 6 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Gas giant, Eccentric orbit, Found by TESS and Two suns in its sky — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.