Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1347 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1347, located approximately 481.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.43 g
  • An orbital period of 0.847 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0171 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,400 K (1127 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 481.00 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.176
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,482,467 years

1 sibling around TOI-1347

TOI-1347 b 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-1347 b this Super-Earth 1.80 11.10 0.847 1,400 2024
TOI-1347 c Super-Earth 1.60 6.40 4.842 1,000 2024

TOI-1347 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.161 R♃
Mass
11.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.035 M♃
Density
9.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.43 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.176
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

#253of 1176

top 21.4%

This planet

1.80R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1347 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.519.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.432.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,876.130.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 11.100 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 229747848

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2265406171296388992

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2265406171296997888

System

TOI-1347

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.800 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1176
Mass 11.100 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 0.85 d · percentile 4 / cohort 1164
Distance 147.48 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.176 · percentile 8 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.847 days
Semi-major axis
0.0171 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
79.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 20.3 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0171 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.042 %

Duration

0.877 h

Impact parameter b

0.820

Rp / R★

0.020390

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,682.7121

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 424 ppm lasting ≈ 0.88 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.020390

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.430

Impact parameter (b)

0.820

RV semi-amplitude (K)

7.740 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,682.7121

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11600

Eq. Temperature

1,400K

(1127 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,876.13

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.176

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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

Rubenzahl et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1347

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,464 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.830 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.913 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.640 dex

Stellar density

2.300 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.90 km/s

Rotation period

16.10 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.660

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
147.48 parsec
Light-years 481.00 ly
V-band magnitude
11.17 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,482,467 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.412.011.95B11.17V11.21Gaia10.72TESS10.01J9.68H9.62K9.56W19.61W29.58W39.36W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.752 mas

Total Proper Motion

26.975 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

26.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.060 · y = -0.332 · z = 0.941

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 280.32668° · Dec 70.29005°

Galactic ℓ, b

100.863° · 26.266°

Ecliptic λ, β

49.202° · 84.691°

HTM-20 index

-1829291850

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