Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1798.02

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1798, located approximately 369.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.46 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.61 g
  • An orbital period of 0.438 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0108 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,936 K (1663 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 369.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.123
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,509,900 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-1798

TOI-1798.02 shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-1798.02 this Super-Earth 1.46 5.60 0.438 1,936 2024
TOI-1798.01 Sub-Neptune 2.45 6.50 8.022 734 2024

TOI-1798.02 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.46 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.131 R♃
Mass
5.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
11.17 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.61 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.123
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

#818of 1176

top 69.5%

This planet

1.46R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1798.02 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5111.171.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.612.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003,345.440.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 5.600 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 198153540

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1505890751741673856

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1505890751741673856

System

TOI-1798

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.464 R⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1176
Mass 5.600 M⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 0.44 d · percentile 1 / cohort 1164
Distance 113.18 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.123 · percentile 2 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.438 days
Semi-major axis
0.0108 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 10.5 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0108 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.029 %

Duration

1.215 h

Impact parameter b

0.316

Rp / R★

0.017060

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,691.3135

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 291 ppm lasting ≈ 1.22 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017060

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

2.962

Impact parameter (b)

0.316

RV semi-amplitude (K)

5.240 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,691.3135

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09530

Eq. Temperature

1,936K

(1663 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3,345.44

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.123

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. 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

Hord et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1798

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,165 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.780 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.870 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.572 dex

Stellar density

2.422 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
113.18 parsec
Light-years 369.15 ly
V-band magnitude
11.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,509,900 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.615.315.28U12.48B11.36V11.07Gaia10.52TESS11.86Sloan g11.10Sloan r10.88Sloan i11.37Sloan z9.80J9.36H9.24K9.21W19.26W29.18W38.63W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.807 mas

Total Proper Motion

38.512 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-27.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-27.12 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.589 · y = -0.355 · z = 0.726

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 211.09394° · Dec 46.51928°

Galactic ℓ, b

91.169° · 65.856°

Ecliptic λ, β

183.629° · 53.812°

HTM-20 index

-1485569739

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