Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1775 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1775, located approximately 486.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 8.05 Earth radii
  • A mass of 96.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.48 g
  • An orbital period of 10.241 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0800 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 708 K (435 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 486.74 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.239
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,583,583 years

TOI-1775 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
8.05 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.718 R♃
Mass
96.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.302 M♃
Density
1.01 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.48 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.239
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

#154of 574

top 26.7%

This planet

8.05R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1775 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.008.0511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0096.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.011.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.482.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0055.440.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 96.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 9348006

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 803285607362611840

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 803285607362611840

System

TOI-1775

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 8.047 R⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 574
Mass 96.000 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 574
Orbital period 10.24 d · percentile 38 / cohort 524
Distance 149.23 pc · percentile 33 / cohort 572
ESI 0.239 · percentile 38 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.241 days
Semi-major axis
0.0800 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.24 Earth days (2.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0800 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.995 %

Duration

3.664 h

Impact parameter b

0.175

Rp / R★

0.089020

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,877.5645

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 9,950 ppm lasting ≈ 3.66 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.089020

Impact parameter (b)

0.175

RV semi-amplitude (K)

29.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,877.5645

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.53600

Eq. Temperature

708K

(435 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

55.44

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.239

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

Polanski et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1775

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,284 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.829 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.922 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.565 dex

Stellar density

2.269 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
149.23 parsec
Light-years 486.74 ly
V-band magnitude
11.65 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,583,583 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.314.614.64U12.26B11.65V11.45Gaia10.92TESS12.29Sloan g11.51Sloan r11.27Sloan i12.46Sloan z10.19J9.80H9.72K9.68W19.72W29.63W38.34W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.672 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.373 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.30 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.669 · y = 0.385 · z = 0.636

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 150.11510° · Dec 39.45775°

Galactic ℓ, b

182.565° · 52.601°

Ecliptic λ, β

137.855° · 25.470°

HTM-20 index

493413433

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