Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1716.01

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1716, located approximately 339.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 8.082 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0805 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 959 K (686 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 339.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.239
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,990,919 years

TOI-1716.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.280 R♃
Mass
10.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.032 M♃
Density
1.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.239
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

#399of 1978

top 20.1%

This planet

3.14R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1716.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00254.830.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 14336130

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1000423609817438592

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1000423609817438592

System

TOI-1716

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.143 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.000 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.08 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1946
Distance 104.16 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.239 · percentile 14 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.082 days
Semi-major axis
0.0805 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.08 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0805 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.056 %

Duration

3.564 h

Rp / R★

0.023200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,959.2213

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 559 ppm lasting ≈ 3.56 h.

Eq. Temperature

959K

(686 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

254.83

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.239

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Crossfield et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1716

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,879 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.240 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.070 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.280 dex

Stellar density

0.827 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
104.16 parsec
Light-years 339.72 ly
V-band magnitude
9.41 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,990,919 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.910.09.98B9.41V9.24Gaia8.83TESS8.27J8.00H7.93K7.88W17.92W27.92W37.99W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.573 mas

Total Proper Motion

75.575 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

50.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

-55.92 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.142 · y = 0.528 · z = 0.837

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 105.08333° · Dec 56.82419°

Galactic ℓ, b

159.570° · 23.613°

Ecliptic λ, β

99.875° · 33.901°

HTM-20 index

-338577735

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