Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1448 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-1448, located approximately 239.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.75 Earth radii
  • A mass of 19.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.58 g
  • An orbital period of 8.112 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0567 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 426 K (153 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 239.18 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.517
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,218,025 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1448 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.75 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.245 R♃
Mass
19.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.061 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.58 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.517
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

#810of 1978

top 40.9%

This planet

2.75R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1448 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0019.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.582.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.005.450.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 19.500 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 343628284

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2189711770761074816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2189711770761074816

System

TOI-1448

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.749 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1978
Mass 19.500 M⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.11 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1946
Distance 73.33 pc · percentile 16 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.517 · percentile 72 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.112 days
Semi-major axis
0.0567 AU
Eccentricity
0.360
Inclination
89.62 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.11 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0567 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.472 %

Duration

3.128 h

Impact parameter b

0.210

Rp / R★

0.066300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,713.3375

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,723 ppm lasting ≈ 3.13 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.066300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

32.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.210

RV semi-amplitude (K)

12.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,713.3375

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.77300

Eq. Temperature

426K

(153 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

5.45

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.517

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

Hori et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1448

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,412 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.380 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.372 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.37

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.849 dex

Stellar density

9.510 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-23.70 km/s

Rotation period

42.28 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
73.33 parsec
Light-years 239.18 ly
V-band magnitude
15.68 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,218,025 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.317.117.10B15.68V14.40Gaia13.17TESS11.60J11.03H10.77K10.63W110.51W210.45W39.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.607 mas

Total Proper Motion

66.659 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-15.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

-64.78 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.386 · y = -0.368 · z = 0.846

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 316.32400° · Dec 57.77109°

Galactic ℓ, b

96.294° · 7.123°

Ecliptic λ, β

359.787° · 67.312°

HTM-20 index

-443110258

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