Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1744.01

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-1744, located approximately 373.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.68 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.65 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.07 g
  • An orbital period of 22.342 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1641 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 598 K (325 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 373.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.410
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,579,439 years

TOI-1744.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.68 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.239 R♃
Mass
7.65 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.18 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.410
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

#896of 1978

top 45.2%

This planet

2.68R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1744.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.65317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.181.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.072.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0063.310.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 229455001

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2239296103032464768

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2239296103032464768

System

TOI-1744

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.680 R⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.650 M⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 22.34 d · percentile 66 / cohort 1946
Distance 114.39 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.410 · percentile 54 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
22.342 days
Semi-major axis
0.1641 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 22.34 Earth days (6.1% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.1641 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.047 %

Duration

2.783 h

Rp / R★

0.021410

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,908.3844

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 472 ppm lasting ≈ 2.78 h.

Eq. Temperature

598K

(325 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

63.31

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.410

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-1744

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,179 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.140 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.180 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
114.39 parsec
Light-years 373.09 ly
V-band magnitude
9.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,579,439 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.810.010.03B9.54V9.39Gaia9.02TESS8.48J8.20H8.03K7.96W18.00W28.01W37.83W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.713 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.771 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.55 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.71 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.200 · y = -0.444 · z = 0.874

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.29107° · Dec 60.88130°

Galactic ℓ, b

92.792° · 18.211°

Ecliptic λ, β

343.460° · 77.947°

HTM-20 index

767612623

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