Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1301.01

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1301, located approximately 296.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.48 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 6.096 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0599 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 737 K (464 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 296.38 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.345
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,226,585 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1301.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.48 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.221 R♃
Mass
6.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.42 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.345
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

#1224of 1978

top 61.8%

This planet

2.48R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1301.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.421.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0072.550.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 356867115

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2266490873877571712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2266490873877571712

System

TOI-1301

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.477 R⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.700 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 6.10 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1946
Distance 90.87 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.345 · percentile 39 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.096 days
Semi-major axis
0.0599 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.10 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0599 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.114 %

Duration

2.333 h

Rp / R★

0.030800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,710.2944

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,143 ppm lasting ≈ 2.33 h.

Eq. Temperature

737K

(464 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

72.55

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.345

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

Crossfield et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1301

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,820 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.732 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.770 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
90.87 parsec
Light-years 296.38 ly
V-band magnitude
11.34 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,226,585 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.012.112.05B11.34V11.14Gaia10.52TESS9.68J9.14H9.04K9.00W19.06W29.00W39.26W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.976 mas

Total Proper Motion

96.149 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-43.32 mas/yr

PM Declination

85.84 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.032 · y = -0.314 · z = 0.949

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 275.86254° · Dec 71.58175°

Galactic ℓ, b

102.162° · 27.832°

Ecliptic λ, β

70.073° · 84.566°

HTM-20 index

-980875454

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