Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1691 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1691, located approximately 363.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.66 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 16.737 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1294 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 703 K (430 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 363.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.319
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,410,050 years

TOI-1691 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.66 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.327 R♃
Mass
14.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.046 M♃
Density
1.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.319
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

#107of 1978

top 5.4%

This planet

3.66R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1691 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.6611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0059.130.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 14.600 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 268334473

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2303587361109316224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2303587361109316224

System

TOI-1691

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.660 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1978
Mass 14.600 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 16.74 d · percentile 56 / cohort 1946
Distance 111.45 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.319 · percentile 32 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.737 days
Semi-major axis
0.1294 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.74 Earth days (4.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1294 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.099 %

Duration

4.980 h

Impact parameter b

0.260

Rp / R★

0.033350

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,922.7255

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 989 ppm lasting ≈ 4.98 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.033350

Impact parameter (b)

0.260

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,922.7255

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.16000

Eq. Temperature

703K

(430 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

59.13

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.319

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-1691

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,759 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.60 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.000 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.409 dex

Stellar density

1.304 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
111.45 parsec
Light-years 363.48 ly
V-band magnitude
10.13 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,410,050 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.310.810.79B10.13V9.97Gaia9.53TESS8.94J8.61H8.54K8.49W18.53W28.44W38.31W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.944 mas

Total Proper Motion

163.977 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-25.65 mas/yr

PM Declination

161.96 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.002 · y = -0.055 · z = 0.998

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 272.40412° · Dec 86.86034°

Galactic ℓ, b

119.446° · 27.655°

Ecliptic λ, β

89.617° · 69.697°

HTM-20 index

1671075876

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