Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1776 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1776, located approximately 145.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.22 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.95 g
  • An orbital period of 2.800 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0378 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,269 K (996 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 145.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.235
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,567,989 years

TOI-1776 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.22 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.109 R♃
Mass
1.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.004 M♃
Density
4.13 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.235
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

#52of 570

top 8.9%

This planet

1.22R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1776 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.131.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00560.330.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 53688

TIC

TIC 21535395

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 778052193462283648

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 778052193462283648

System

TOI-1776

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.216 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 570
Mass 1.400 M⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 570
Orbital period 2.80 d · percentile 32 / cohort 567
Distance 44.65 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 566
ESI 0.235 · percentile 22 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.800 days
Semi-major axis
0.0378 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.80 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0378 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.020 %

Duration

1.932 h

Impact parameter b

0.507

Rp / R★

0.011917

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,871.4976

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 205 ppm lasting ≈ 1.93 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011917

Impact parameter (b)

0.507

RV semi-amplitude (K)

0.680 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,871.4976

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.84700

Eq. Temperature

1,269K

(996 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

560.33

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.235

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-1776

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,785 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.10 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.936 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.920 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.457 dex

Stellar density

1.568 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
44.65 parsec
Light-years 145.62 ly
V-band magnitude
8.26 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,567,989 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.58.88.84B8.26V8.09Gaia7.66TESS7.03J6.75H6.69K6.63W16.64W26.69W36.52W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

22.369 mas

Total Proper Motion

216.228 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

214.70 mas/yr

PM Declination

25.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.728 · y = 0.198 · z = 0.656

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 164.77729° · Dec 40.98372°

Galactic ℓ, b

174.696° · 63.101°

Ecliptic λ, β

148.704° · 31.526°

HTM-20 index

-1779347942

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