Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1135 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1135, located approximately 372.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.92 Earth radii
  • A mass of 58.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.60 g
  • An orbital period of 8.028 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0815 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,171 K (898 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 371.97 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.089
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,559,768 years

TOI-1135 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.92 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.885 R♃
Mass
58.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.185 M♃
Density
0.15 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.60 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.089
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#8of 574

top 1.2%

This planet

9.92R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1135 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.9211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0058.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.151.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.602.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00310.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 58.798 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 62908

TIC

TIC 154872375

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1726858366624544640

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1726858366624544640

System

TOI-1135

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.920 R⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 574
Mass 58.798 M⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 574
Orbital period 8.03 d · percentile 31 / cohort 524
Distance 114.05 pc · percentile 26 / cohort 572
ESI 0.089 · percentile 2 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.028 days
Semi-major axis
0.0815 AU
Eccentricity
0.062
Inclination
89.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.03 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0815 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.571 %

Duration

4.462 h

Impact parameter b

0.176

Rp / R★

0.075660

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,460,466.3079

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,705 ppm lasting ≈ 4.46 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.075660

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.570

Impact parameter (b)

0.176

RV semi-amplitude (K)

8.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,466.3079

Long. of periastron (ω)

-10.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-68.10°

True obliquity (ψ)

72.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.71500

Eq. Temperature

1,171K

(898 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

310.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.089

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1135

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

6,320 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.202 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.119 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.328 dex

Stellar density

0.908 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-20.90 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

10.90 km/s

Rotation period

4.34 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
114.05 parsec
Light-years 371.97 ly
V-band magnitude
9.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,559,768 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.010.110.13B9.54V9.41Gaia9.03TESS8.46J8.27H8.19K8.14W18.15W28.13W38.01W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.739 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.629 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

16.88 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.08 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.083 · y = -0.020 · z = 0.996

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 193.39637° · Dec 85.12950°

Galactic ℓ, b

122.878° · 31.999°

Ecliptic λ, β

102.312° · 67.219°

HTM-20 index

-1948782772

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