Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1753 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1753, located approximately 739.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.48 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.70 g
  • An orbital period of 5.385 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0590 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,005 K (732 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 739.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.267
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,037,574 years

TOI-1753 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.48 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.221 R♃
Mass
16.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.052 M♃
Density
5.95 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.70 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.267
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

#1223of 1978

top 61.8%

This planet

2.48R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1753 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.951.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.702.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00238.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 16.600 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 289580577

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1630385631560004480

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1630385635856016256

System

TOI-1753

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.479 R⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1978
Mass 16.600 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.38 d · percentile 14 / cohort 1946
Distance 226.67 pc · percentile 30 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.267 · percentile 20 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.385 days
Semi-major axis
0.0590 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.38 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0590 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.063 %

Duration

3.178 h

Impact parameter b

0.271

Rp / R★

0.023390

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,684.5030

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 631 ppm lasting ≈ 3.18 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.023390

Impact parameter (b)

0.271

RV semi-amplitude (K)

6.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,684.5030

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.26000

Eq. Temperature

1,005K

(732 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

238.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.267

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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-1753

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,621 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.972 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.948 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.438 dex

Stellar density

1.445 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
226.67 parsec
Light-years 739.30 ly
V-band magnitude
11.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,037,574 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.312.612.64B11.83V11.66Gaia11.21TESS10.55J10.24H10.18K10.15W110.20W210.20W39.28W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.384 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.647 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.58 mas/yr

PM Declination

12.55 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.145 · y = -0.460 · z = 0.876

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 252.46984° · Dec 61.17358°

Galactic ℓ, b

91.043° · 38.065°

Ecliptic λ, β

206.790° · 80.637°

HTM-20 index

-1651760954

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