Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1174 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1174, located approximately 308.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.56 Earth radii
  • A mass of 32.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.88 g
  • An orbital period of 8.953 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0799 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 714 K (441 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 308.67 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.331
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,443,323 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1174 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.56 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.229 R♃
Mass
32.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.101 M♃
Density
11.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.88 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.331
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

#1090of 1978

top 55.1%

This planet

2.56R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1174 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0032.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5111.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.882.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0052.020.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 32.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 154089169

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1674293361400214272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1674293361400214272

System

TOI-1174

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.562 R⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 1978
Mass 32.000 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.95 d · percentile 30 / cohort 1946
Distance 94.64 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.331 · percentile 35 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.953 days
Semi-major axis
0.0799 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.95 Earth days (2.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0799 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.114 %

Duration

3.063 h

Impact parameter b

0.383

Rp / R★

0.030560

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,657.0330

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,136 ppm lasting ≈ 3.06 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.030560

Impact parameter (b)

0.383

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,657.0330

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.84500

Eq. Temperature

714K

(441 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

52.02

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.331

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Polanski et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1174

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,030 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.760 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.850 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.573 dex

Stellar density

2.437 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
94.64 parsec
Light-years 308.67 ly
V-band magnitude
10.96 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,443,323 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.911.811.80B10.96V10.81Gaia10.25TESS9.47J9.03H8.96K8.90W18.96W28.90W39.26W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.538 mas

Total Proper Motion

92.970 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-81.08 mas/yr

PM Declination

45.50 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.318 · y = -0.178 · z = 0.931

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 209.21718° · Dec 68.61821°

Galactic ℓ, b

114.209° · 47.387°

Ecliptic λ, β

146.935° · 67.687°

HTM-20 index

905800916

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