Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1184 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1184, located approximately 191.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.39 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 5.748 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0560 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 715 K (442 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 191.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.361
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,370,221 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1184 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.39 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.213 R♃
Mass
6.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.63 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.361
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

#1343of 1978

top 67.8%

This planet

2.39R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1184 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.631.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0057.540.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6.800 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 233087860

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2158781336134901760

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2158781336134901760

System

TOI-1184

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.390 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.800 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.75 d · percentile 16 / cohort 1946
Distance 58.59 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.361 · percentile 43 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.748 days
Semi-major axis
0.0560 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.75 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0560 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.104 %

Duration

1.888 h

Impact parameter b

0.691

Rp / R★

0.031800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,960.5115

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,041 ppm lasting ≈ 1.89 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.031800

Impact parameter (b)

0.691

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,960.5115

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.95600

Eq. Temperature

715K

(442 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

57.54

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.361

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-1184

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,534 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.690 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.710 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.612 dex

Stellar density

3.003 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
58.59 parsec
Light-years 191.11 ly
V-band magnitude
10.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,370,221 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.212.012.03B10.99V10.62Gaia9.95TESS8.98J8.44H8.32K8.25W18.31W28.23W38.39W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

17.038 mas

Total Proper Motion

152.568 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

64.89 mas/yr

PM Declination

138.08 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.019 · y = -0.489 · z = 0.872

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 272.20452° · Dec 60.67878°

Galactic ℓ, b

89.705° · 28.565°

Ecliptic λ, β

280.445° · 84.038°

HTM-20 index

-1086563958

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