Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1347 c

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 1.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.50 g
  • An orbital period of 4.842 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0546 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,000 K (727 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 481.00 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.280
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,482,467 years

1 sibling around TOI-1347

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

TOI-1347 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.143 R♃
Mass
6.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
4.10 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.50 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.280
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

#570of 1176

top 48.4%

This planet

1.60R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1347 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.101.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.502.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00183.660.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6.400 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 1.600 R⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1176
Mass 6.400 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.84 d · percentile 39 / cohort 1164
Distance 147.48 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.280 · percentile 31 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.842 days
Semi-major axis
0.0546 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.84 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0546 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.032 %

Duration

2.243 h

Impact parameter b

0.730

Rp / R★

0.017900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,678.5059

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 319 ppm lasting ≈ 2.24 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.180

Impact parameter (b)

0.730

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.590 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,678.5059

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.37000

Eq. Temperature

1,000K

(727 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

183.66

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.280

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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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