Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1386 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1386, located approximately 479.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.22 Earth radii
  • A mass of 45.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 25.840 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1730 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 615 K (342 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 478.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.294
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,446,921 years

1 sibling around TOI-1386

TOI-1386 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-1386 b this Neptune-like 6.22 45.80 25.840 615 2024
TOI-1386 c Gas Giant 10.30 75.20 232.000 327 2024

TOI-1386 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.22 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.555 R♃
Mass
45.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.144 M♃
Density
1.04 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.294
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

#259of 574

top 44.9%

This planet

6.22R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1386 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.2211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0045.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.041.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0034.680.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 45.800 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 47.039 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 343019899

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2005028761147595648

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2005028761147595648

System

TOI-1386

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.216 R⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 574
Mass 45.800 M⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 574
Orbital period 25.84 d · percentile 56 / cohort 524
Distance 146.86 pc · percentile 32 / cohort 572
ESI 0.294 · percentile 48 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
25.840 days
Semi-major axis
0.1730 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.69 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 25.84 Earth days (7.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1730 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.181 %

Duration

5.670 h

Impact parameter b

0.294

Rp / R★

0.055685

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,752.3210

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,806 ppm lasting ≈ 5.67 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.055685

Impact parameter (b)

0.294

RV semi-amplitude (K)

9.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,752.3210

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.18000

Eq. Temperature

615K

(342 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

34.68

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.294

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Hill et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1386

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,735 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.024 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.036 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.431 dex

Stellar density

1.350 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
146.86 parsec
Light-years 478.99 ly
V-band magnitude
10.61 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,446,921 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.111.311.34B10.61V10.51Gaia10.06TESS9.48J9.12H9.09K9.05W19.11W29.09W39.25W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.781 mas

Total Proper Motion

56.071 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

55.05 mas/yr

PM Declination

10.64 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.526 · y = -0.251 · z = 0.812

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 334.50410° · Dec 54.31905°

Galactic ℓ, b

101.697° · -2.102°

Ecliptic λ, β

9.988° · 57.685°

HTM-20 index

-637225182

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