Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1437 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-1437, located approximately 336.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.24 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.91 g
  • An orbital period of 18.841 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1400 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 794 K (521 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 336.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.342
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,941,396 years

TOI-1437 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.24 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.200 R♃
Mass
9.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.030 M♃
Density
3.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.91 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.342
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

#1607of 1978

top 81.2%

This planet

2.24R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1437 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.912.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0082.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 9.600 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 198356533

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1433416717674304640

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1433416717674304640

System

TOI-1437

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.240 R⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.600 M⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 18.84 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1946
Distance 103.30 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.342 · percentile 39 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.841 days
Semi-major axis
0.1400 AU
Eccentricity
0.170
Inclination
89.53 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.84 Earth days (5.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1400 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.033 %

Duration

4.650 h

Impact parameter b

0.240

Rp / R★

0.017460

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,360.1652

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 331 ppm lasting ≈ 4.65 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017460

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

25.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.240

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.240 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,360.1652

Long. of periastron (ω)

-96.30°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.36000

Eq. Temperature

794K

(521 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

82.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.342

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

Polanski et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1437

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,008 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.170 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.100 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.49

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.260 dex

Stellar density

1.283 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
103.30 parsec
Light-years 336.91 ly
V-band magnitude
9.17 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,941,396 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.79.79.75B9.17V9.08Gaia8.69TESS8.18J7.86H7.82K7.79W17.82W27.82W37.72W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.652 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.862 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

10.71 mas/yr

PM Declination

-20.20 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.131 · y = -0.531 · z = 0.837

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 256.13875° · Dec 56.84255°

Galactic ℓ, b

85.269° · 36.914°

Ecliptic λ, β

229.638° · 78.326°

HTM-20 index

335879125

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