Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1823 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1823, located approximately 233.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 7.54 Earth radii
  • A mass of 67.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 38.800 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2120 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 424 K (150 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 233.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.378
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,120,883 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1823 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
7.54 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.673 R♃
Mass
67.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.212 M♃
Density
0.86 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.378
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

#177of 574

top 30.7%

This planet

7.54R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1823 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.007.5411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0067.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.861.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.009.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 67.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 142381532

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1676299557803904000

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1676299557803904000

System

TOI-1823

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 7.541 R⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 574
Mass 67.400 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 574
Orbital period 38.80 d · percentile 65 / cohort 524
Distance 71.65 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 572
ESI 0.378 · percentile 69 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
38.800 days
Semi-major axis
0.2120 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 38.80 Earth days (10.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2120 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.959 %

Duration

5.923 h

Impact parameter b

0.186

Rp / R★

0.085892

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,645.7050

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 9,593 ppm lasting ≈ 5.92 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.085892

Impact parameter (b)

0.186

RV semi-amplitude (K)

14.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,645.7050

Long. of periastron (ω)

74.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.96000

Eq. Temperature

424K

(150 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

9.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.378

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. 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

Polanski et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1823

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,927 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.805 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.841 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.548 dex

Stellar density

2.241 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
71.65 parsec
Light-years 233.68 ly
V-band magnitude
10.73 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,120,883 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.115.415.44U11.76B10.73V10.39Gaia9.77TESS11.09Sloan g10.12Sloan r9.92Sloan i10.31Sloan z8.91J8.45H8.33K8.26W18.34W28.26W38.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.929 mas

Total Proper Motion

139.343 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-65.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

-123.08 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.425 · y = -0.124 · z = 0.897

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 196.21972° · Dec 63.75326°

Galactic ℓ, b

120.445° · 53.310°

Ecliptic λ, β

150.172° · 60.695°

HTM-20 index

1467215312

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