Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1794 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1794, located approximately 508.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.80 g
  • An orbital period of 8.766 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0820 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 993 K (720 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 508.12 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.217
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,960,726 years

TOI-1794 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.294 R♃
Mass
8.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.027 M♃
Density
1.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.80 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.217
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

#285of 1978

top 14.4%

This planet

3.30R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1794 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.802.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00228.910.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8.700 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 286916251

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1552562610862328576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1552562615159689088

System

TOI-1794

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.297 R⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.700 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.77 d · percentile 29 / cohort 1946
Distance 155.79 pc · percentile 26 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.217 · percentile 9 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.766 days
Semi-major axis
0.0820 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.77 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0820 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.057 %

Duration

3.915 h

Impact parameter b

0.494

Rp / R★

0.022966

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,715.3120

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 573 ppm lasting ≈ 3.92 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022966

Impact parameter (b)

0.494

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,715.3120

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.52600

Eq. Temperature

993K

(720 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

228.91

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.217

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-1794

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,631 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.316 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.184 dex

Stellar density

0.594 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
155.79 parsec
Light-years 508.12 ly
V-band magnitude
10.32 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,960,726 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.510.910.91B10.32V10.14Gaia9.70TESS9.09J8.77H8.69K8.64W18.68W28.61W38.53W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.390 mas

Total Proper Motion

75.621 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-33.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-68.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.601 · y = -0.260 · z = 0.755

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 203.39749° · Dec 49.06084°

Galactic ℓ, b

105.366° · 66.605°

Ecliptic λ, β

174.134° · 52.804°

HTM-20 index

591491001

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