Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1450 A c

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 1.53 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.20 g
  • An orbital period of 5.069 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 533 K (260 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 73.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.592
  • 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 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-1450 A b Rocky Terrestrial 1.13 1.26 2.044 722 2024
TOI-1450 A c this Rocky Terrestrial 1.13 1.53 5.069 533 2024

TOI-1450 A c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.13 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.101 R♃
Mass
1.53 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.005 M♃
Density
5.82 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.592
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Gemini Observatory
Telescope 8.19 m Gemini North 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 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.53317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.821.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1.527 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 1.527 M⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 570
Orbital period 5.07 d · percentile 54 / cohort 567
Distance 22.45 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 566
ESI 0.592 · percentile 77 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.069 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.07 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year).

Eq. Temperature

533K

(260 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.592

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Brady et al. 2024

Instrument

MAROON-X

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Ground

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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