Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1451 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1451, located approximately 299.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.61 Earth radii
  • A mass of 15.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.23 g
  • An orbital period of 16.538 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1270 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 723 K (450 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 299.86 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.373
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,287,950 years

TOI-1451 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.61 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.233 R♃
Mass
15.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.048 M♃
Density
4.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.373
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

#998of 1978

top 50.4%

This planet

2.61R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1451 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0015.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.232.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0053.020.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 15.200 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 417931607

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1581799694493008384

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1581799694493008384

System

TOI-1451

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.611 R⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1978
Mass 15.200 M⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 16.54 d · percentile 55 / cohort 1946
Distance 91.94 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.373 · percentile 47 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.538 days
Semi-major axis
0.1270 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.54 Earth days (4.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1270 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.061 %

Duration

3.094 h

Impact parameter b

0.507

Rp / R★

0.023561

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,694.3115

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 608 ppm lasting ≈ 3.09 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.023561

Impact parameter (b)

0.507

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.820 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,694.3115

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.38000

Eq. Temperature

723K

(450 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

53.02

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.373

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-1451

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,801 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.016 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.002 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.424 dex

Stellar density

1.336 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
91.94 parsec
Light-years 299.86 ly
V-band magnitude
9.58 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,287,950 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.710.210.20B9.58V9.43Gaia9.00TESS8.38J8.10H8.07K8.02W18.05W28.01W37.67W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.848 mas

Total Proper Motion

27.471 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

-26.87 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.478 · y = -0.055 · z = 0.877

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 186.52428° · Dec 61.25893°

Galactic ℓ, b

128.321° · 55.603°

Ecliptic λ, β

147.986° · 55.709°

HTM-20 index

540529046

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