Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1772.01

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1772, located approximately 318.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.91 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.78 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 8.054 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0784 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 878 K (605 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 318.84 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.271
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,622,703 years

TOI-1772.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.91 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.259 R♃
Mass
8.78 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.028 M♃
Density
1.97 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.271
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

#617of 1978

top 31.1%

This planet

2.91R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1772.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.78317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.971.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00140.930.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 85293053

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 749676822006222464

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 749676822006222464

System

TOI-1772

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.905 R⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.780 M⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.05 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1946
Distance 97.76 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.271 · percentile 21 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.054 days
Semi-major axis
0.0784 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.05 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0784 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.071 %

Duration

3.420 h

Rp / R★

0.026600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,628.8507

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 707 ppm lasting ≈ 3.42 h.

Eq. Temperature

878K

(605 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

140.93

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.271

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-1772

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,583 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.995 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.990 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.440 dex

Stellar density

1.416 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
97.76 parsec
Light-years 318.84 ly
V-band magnitude
9.96 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,622,703 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.310.710.67B9.96V9.80Gaia9.35TESS8.74J8.40H8.35K8.32W18.37W28.35W38.59W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.201 mas

Total Proper Motion

43.800 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-39.42 mas/yr

PM Declination

-19.09 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.759 · y = 0.325 · z = 0.565

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 156.83770° · Dec 34.39095°

Galactic ℓ, b

190.700° · 58.381°

Ecliptic λ, β

145.442° · 22.900°

HTM-20 index

591072471

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