---
title: "TIC 52059926 b"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/object/tic-52059926-b"
release: "DR1"
licence: "No licence stated; acknowledgement requested"
citation: "SpaceCatalog. TIC 52059926 b [catalogue entry]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/tic-52059926-b"
---

# TIC 52059926 b

TIC 52059926 b is a gas giant in the constellation [Tucana](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/tucana), 706.4 ly from Earth. It orbits TIC 52059926 at a mean distance of 0.553 AU. It has a mass of 16.93 M♃ and a radius of 0.96 R♃ · 68 309 km. It was discovered in 2026.

## At a glance

- **WHAT IT IS:** Gas giant
- **HOW FAR:** 706.4 ly — The light arriving now left it that long ago.
- **HOW BIG:** 0.96 R♃ · 68 309 km — Its radius: half the width across.
- **WHERE TO LOOK:** [Tucana](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/tucana) — The patch of sky it sits in, as seen from Earth.
- **ONE ORBIT TAKES:** 176 days — One trip round TIC 52059926.

## Properties

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | Gas giant |
| MASS | 16.93 M♃ ±1.2 |
| RADIUS | 0.96 R♃ · 68 309 km +3317 / −3636 |
| DISTANCE FROM EARTH | 706.4 ly ±2.1 — by NASA Exoplanet Archive sy\_dist (TICv8, 2019AJ....158..138S) |
| ORBITS | TIC 52059926 |
| SEMI-MAJOR AXIS | 0.553 AU ±0.025 |
| CONSTELLATION | Tucana |
| RIGHT ASCENSION (J2000) | 01h 07m 05.4s |
| DECLINATION (J2000) | −68° 22′ 05.2″ |
| DISCOVERED | 2026 |

## Catalogue data

### WHAT KIND OF THING IT IS

What the object is in itself, rather than how it happens to look from here.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Equilibrium temperature | 229.6 K |
| Host star spectral type | K4.5 V |
| Host star temperature | 4505 ±70 K |
| Host star mass | 0.73 ±0.04 M☉ |
| Host star radius | 0.72 ±0.02 R☉ |

### HOW BRIGHT IT IS

What the light adds up to, measured through one filter at a time. A magnitude is a brightness on a backwards scale — the smaller the number, the brighter the object.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Host star apparent magnitude (V) | 13.72 |

### THE ORBIT

The shape of the path, where the object sits on it, and the instant those figures were true of. An orbit is a fit to observations and drifts away from the real one either side of its epoch.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Host star | TIC 52059926 |
| Orbital period | 175.532 days ±0.097 |
| Eccentricity | 0.51 ±0.026 |
| Inclination | 89.69 +0.11 / −0.071° |
| Argument of periastron | 108.6 ±3.4° |
| Transit midpoint | 2458350.1844 BJD |
| Stars in system | 1 |
| Planets in system | 1 |

### WHEN IT WAS FOUND

Who first saw it, from where, and by what method.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovered at | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |

## Also known as

- Exoplanet: TIC 52059926 b
- Host star: TIC 52059926

## Source

[NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite Parameters)](https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/TblView/nph-tblView?app=ExoTbls&config=PSCompPars) — No licence stated; acknowledgement requested

The producer asks: This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program. Cite Christiansen et al. (2025), Planetary Science Journal (doi:10.3847/PSJ/ade3c2), and the literature reference given with each value.

How this was made: https://spacecatalog.org/methods#source-exoplanet-archive

## Cite this page

SpaceCatalog. TIC 52059926 b \[catalogue entry\]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/tic-52059926-b

```bibtex
@misc{spacecatalog_tic-52059926-b,
  author       = {{SpaceCatalog}},
  title        = {{TIC 52059926 b}},
  howpublished = {SpaceCatalog, data release DR1 (2026-08-21)},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://spacecatalog.org/object/tic-52059926-b},
  note         = {Catalogue entry, data release DR1 (2026-08-21). Values from NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite Parameters).}
}
```

NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite Parameters) — No licence stated; acknowledgement requested

Acknowledgement the producer asks for: This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program. Cite Christiansen et al. (2025), Planetary Science Journal (doi:10.3847/PSJ/ade3c2), and the literature reference given with each value.

The page itself, with its pictures, the sky map and the observing tools: https://spacecatalog.org/object/tic-52059926-b