Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1450 A b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-1450 A, located approximately 73.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.13 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.26 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 2.044 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 722 K (449 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 73.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.442
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,291,080 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-1450 A

TOI-1450 A 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-1450 A b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.13 1.26 2.044 722 2024
TOI-1450 A c Rocky Terrestrial 1.13 1.53 5.069 533 2024

TOI-1450 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.13 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.101 R♃
Mass
1.26 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.004 M♃
Density
4.79 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.442
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

#180of 570

top 31.4%

This planet

1.13R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1450 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.26317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.791.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0044.950.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1.258 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1.256 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 377293776

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2155540255030594560

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2155540255030594560

System

TOI-1450

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.130 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 570
Mass 1.258 M⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 570
Orbital period 2.04 d · percentile 23 / cohort 567
Distance 22.45 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 566
ESI 0.442 · percentile 65 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.044 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
86.25 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.04 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.047 %

Duration

0.988 h

Impact parameter b

0.737

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,685.3422

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 465 ppm lasting ≈ 0.99 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.230

Impact parameter (b)

0.737

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.050 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,685.3422

Eq. Temperature

722K

(449 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

44.95

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.442

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.

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

Brady et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1450 A

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,437 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.483 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.480 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.760 dex

Stellar density

6.420 g/cm³

Rotation period

35.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
22.45 parsec
Light-years 73.21 ly
V-band magnitude
12.28 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,291,080 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 10 bands

7.212.312.28V11.24Gaia10.03TESS8.46J7.82H7.57K7.29W17.28W27.19W37.22W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

44.521 mas

Total Proper Motion

175.419 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

69.92 mas/yr

PM Declination

160.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.149 · y = -0.492 · z = 0.858

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.85406° · Dec 59.08663°

Galactic ℓ, b

89.621° · 21.061°

Ecliptic λ, β

323.592° · 79.335°

HTM-20 index

-1546425538

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