Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1224 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-1224, located approximately 121.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.88 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.67 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 17.945 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 303 K (30 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 121.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.701
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,147,201 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-1224

TOI-1224 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-1224 b Sub-Neptune 2.10 5.08 4.178 541 2024
TOI-1224 c this Sub-Neptune 2.88 8.67 17.945 303 2024

TOI-1224 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.88 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.257 R♃
Mass
8.67 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.027 M♃
Density
1.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.701
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

#649of 1978

top 32.8%

This planet

2.88R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1224 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.67317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 299798795

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4620009665047355520

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4620009665047355520

System

TOI-1224

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.884 R⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.670 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 17.95 d · percentile 58 / cohort 1946
Distance 37.33 pc · percentile 9 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.701 · percentile 92 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
17.945 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 17.95 Earth days (4.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.548 %

Duration

3.074 h

Impact parameter b

0.487

Rp / R★

0.065000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,329.8597

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,481 ppm lasting ≈ 3.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.065000

Impact parameter (b)

0.487

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,329.8597

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Eq. Temperature

303K

(30 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.701

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

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

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Thao et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1224

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,326 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.21 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.404 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.400 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.893 dex

Stellar density

6.852 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

14.63 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

22.10 km/s

Rotation period

1.23 days

Distance
37.33 parsec
Light-years 121.76 ly
V-band magnitude
13.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,147,201 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.515.515.51B13.95V12.78Gaia11.56TESS10.02J9.41H9.13K9.04W18.89W28.76W38.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

26.758 mas

Total Proper Motion

162.156 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

159.88 mas/yr

PM Declination

27.05 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.126 · y = 0.096 · z = -0.987

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 37.19784° · Dec -80.89911°

Galactic ℓ, b

298.348° · -35.345°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.439° · -70.729°

HTM-20 index

2028117339

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