Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1758 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1758, located approximately 315.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.62 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.53 g
  • An orbital period of 20.705 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1414 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 551 K (278 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 315.14 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.356
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,557,438 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1758 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.62 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.323 R♃
Mass
6.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.022 M♃
Density
0.83 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.53 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.356
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

#128of 1978

top 6.4%

This planet

3.62R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1758 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.6211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.831.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.532.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0021.050.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6.900 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 367858035

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2232494455384800768

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2232494455385669760

System

TOI-1758

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.620 R⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.900 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 20.71 d · percentile 64 / cohort 1946
Distance 96.62 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.356 · percentile 42 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20.705 days
Semi-major axis
0.1414 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 20.71 Earth days (5.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1414 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.182 %

Duration

3.673 h

Impact parameter b

0.515

Rp / R★

0.040600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,924.7718

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,822 ppm lasting ≈ 3.67 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.040600

Impact parameter (b)

0.515

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,924.7718

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.46000

Eq. Temperature

551K

(278 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

21.05

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.356

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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-1758

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,169 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.810 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.880 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.530 dex

Stellar density

2.127 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
96.62 parsec
Light-years 315.14 ly
V-band magnitude
10.79 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,557,438 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.511.511.51B10.79V10.63Gaia10.09TESS9.32J8.92H8.81K8.71W18.85W28.79W38.49W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.321 mas

Total Proper Motion

86.387 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-82.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

25.16 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.246 · y = -0.023 · z = 0.969

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 354.74158° · Dec 75.68523°

Galactic ℓ, b

118.398° · 13.455°

Ecliptic λ, β

55.968° · 63.898°

HTM-20 index

-1340006438

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