Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1799 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1799, located approximately 202.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.64 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.48 g
  • An orbital period of 7.095 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0725 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 923 K (650 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 202.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.312
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,573,419 years

TOI-1799 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.64 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.146 R♃
Mass
4.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
7.51 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.48 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.312
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

#494of 1176

top 41.9%

This planet

1.64R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1799 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.482.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00164.260.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 54491

TIC

TIC 8967242

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 761300339243646848

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 761300339243646848

System

TOI-1799

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.642 R⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.000 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 7.09 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1164
Distance 62.13 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.312 · percentile 39 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.095 days
Semi-major axis
0.0725 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.09 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0725 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.028 %

Duration

2.570 h

Impact parameter b

0.372

Rp / R★

0.015700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,904.8176

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 284 ppm lasting ≈ 2.57 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015700

Impact parameter (b)

0.372

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,904.8176

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.17000

Eq. Temperature

923K

(650 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

164.26

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.312

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-1799

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,690 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.10 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.957 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.010 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

1.517 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
62.13 parsec
Light-years 202.63 ly
V-band magnitude
8.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,573,419 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.210.110.07B8.98V8.81Gaia8.37TESS7.73J7.42H7.38K7.26W17.37W27.36W37.24W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.067 mas

Total Proper Motion

41.822 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-40.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.806 · y = 0.183 · z = 0.564

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 167.23292° · Dec 34.30301°

Galactic ℓ, b

188.548° · 66.904°

Ecliptic λ, β

154.070° · 26.388°

HTM-20 index

718268814

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