Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1824 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1824, located approximately 193.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.74 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.13 g
  • An orbital period of 22.809 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1510 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 529 K (256 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 193.84 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.493
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,418,352 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1824 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.74 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.245 R♃
Mass
16.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.050 M♃
Density
4.24 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.493
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

#814of 1978

top 41.1%

This planet

2.74R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1824 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.241.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0014.630.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 16.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 142387023

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1675511792082576384

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1675511792082576384

System

TOI-1824

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.744 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1978
Mass 16.000 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 22.81 d · percentile 66 / cohort 1946
Distance 59.43 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.493 · percentile 69 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
22.809 days
Semi-major axis
0.1510 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 22.81 Earth days (6.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1510 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.098 %

Duration

4.110 h

Impact parameter b

0.377

Rp / R★

0.030968

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,879.5467

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 977 ppm lasting ≈ 4.11 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.030968

Impact parameter (b)

0.377

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.930 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,879.5467

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.54000

Eq. Temperature

529K

(256 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

14.63

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.493

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-1824

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

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

Estimated Age

2.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.812 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.880 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.562 dex

Stellar density

2.303 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
59.43 parsec
Light-years 193.84 ly
V-band magnitude
9.72 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,418,352 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.510.610.55B9.72V9.51Gaia8.98TESS8.28J7.82H7.76K7.58W17.70W27.63W37.51W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.797 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.982 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.55 mas/yr

PM Declination

16.36 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.451 · y = -0.144 · z = 0.881

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 197.73123° · Dec 61.74485°

Galactic ℓ, b

118.889° · 55.230°

Ecliptic λ, β

154.183° · 59.941°

HTM-20 index

-1656019628

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