Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1180 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1180, located approximately 234.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.07 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 9.687 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0808 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 638 K (365 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 234.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.368
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,142,637 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1180 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.07 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.274 R♃
Mass
10.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.031 M♃
Density
1.93 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.368
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

#455of 1978

top 23.0%

This planet

3.07R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1180 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.0711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.931.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0036.970.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 10.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158002130

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1722026764638625280

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1722026764638625280

System

TOI-1180

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.072 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.000 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 9.69 d · percentile 32 / cohort 1946
Distance 72.02 pc · percentile 16 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.368 · percentile 45 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.687 days
Semi-major axis
0.0808 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.69 Earth days (2.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0808 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.167 %

Duration

2.749 h

Impact parameter b

0.495

Rp / R★

0.038500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,950.3274

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,669 ppm lasting ≈ 2.75 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.038500

Impact parameter (b)

0.495

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,950.3274

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.12000

Eq. Temperature

638K

(365 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

36.97

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.368

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.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Polanski et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1180

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,738 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.730 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.750 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.587 dex

Stellar density

2.661 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
72.02 parsec
Light-years 234.91 ly
V-band magnitude
11.02 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,142,637 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.512.112.11B11.02V10.74Gaia10.11TESS9.24J8.72H8.59K8.54W18.61W28.52W38.62W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.855 mas

Total Proper Motion

106.473 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

84.41 mas/yr

PM Declination

-64.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.112 · y = -0.077 · z = 0.991

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 214.55577° · Dec 82.19376°

Galactic ℓ, b

119.446° · 34.338°

Ecliptic λ, β

109.076° · 69.989°

HTM-20 index

1251246461

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