Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1751 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1751, located approximately 369.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.95 Earth radii
  • A mass of 19.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.24 g
  • An orbital period of 37.469 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2150 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 652 K (378 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 369.65 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.398
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,518,758 years

TOI-1751 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.95 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.263 R♃
Mass
19.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.061 M♃
Density
4.13 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.24 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.398
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

#556of 1978

top 28.1%

This planet

2.95R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1751 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0019.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.131.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.242.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00192.520.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 19.500 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 287080092

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1629404184289170688

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1629404184289170688

System

TOI-1751

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.951 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1978
Mass 19.500 M⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 37.47 d · percentile 79 / cohort 1946
Distance 113.34 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.398 · percentile 52 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
37.469 days
Semi-major axis
0.2150 AU
Eccentricity
0.327
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 37.47 Earth days (10.3% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.2150 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.043 %

Duration

7.651 h

Impact parameter b

0.390

Rp / R★

0.020592

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,733.6350

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 429 ppm lasting ≈ 7.65 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.020592

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

38.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.390

RV semi-amplitude (K)

4.150 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,733.6350

Long. of periastron (ω)

120.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.90000

Eq. Temperature

652K

(378 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

192.52

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.398

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

Desai et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1751

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,970 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.314 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.938 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.37

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.171 dex

Stellar density

0.578 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.27 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.149

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
113.34 parsec
Light-years 369.65 ly
V-band magnitude
9.33 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,518,758 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.99.99.86B9.33V9.19Gaia8.81TESS8.25J7.96H7.93K7.88W17.93W27.92W38.08W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.795 mas

Total Proper Motion

173.012 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

-172.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.199 · y = -0.399 · z = 0.895

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 243.48885° · Dec 63.53353°

Galactic ℓ, b

95.642° · 41.285°

Ecliptic λ, β

182.820° · 78.511°

HTM-20 index

247922425

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