Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1855 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1855, located approximately 576.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.49 Earth radii
  • A mass of 360.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 1.364 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0240 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,701 K (1428 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 576.75 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.059
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,171,011 years

TOI-1855 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.49 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.650 R♃
Mass
360.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.133 M♃
Density
0.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.059
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

#54of 1771

top 3.0%

This planet

18.49R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1855 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.4911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00360.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00852.160.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 360.100 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 81247740

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1247603715050122752

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1247603719345703808

System

TOI-1855

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.495 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1771
Mass 360.100 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.36 d · percentile 2 / cohort 1533
Distance 176.83 pc · percentile 47 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.059 · percentile 8 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.364 days
Semi-major axis
0.0240 AU
Eccentricity
0.033
Inclination
78.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.36 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0240 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.707 %

Duration

1.194 h

Impact parameter b

1.024

Rp / R★

0.162000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,243.1974

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,070 ppm lasting ≈ 1.19 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.162000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.950

Impact parameter (b)

1.024

RV semi-amplitude (K)

204.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,243.1974

Long. of periastron (ω)

-100.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13600

Eq. Temperature

1,701K

(1428 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

852.16

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.059

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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

Schulte et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1855

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,359 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.041 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.987 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.40

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.397 dex

Stellar density

1.230 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

5.74 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
176.83 parsec
Light-years 576.75 ly
V-band magnitude
11.20 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,171,011 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.512.112.09B11.20V11.16Gaia10.65TESS9.98J9.62H9.52K9.35W19.40W29.38W38.53W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.626 mas

Total Proper Motion

108.997 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-73.22 mas/yr

PM Declination

-80.74 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.861 · y = -0.408 · z = 0.304

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 205.35395° · Dec 17.68687°

Galactic ℓ, b

356.212° · 75.099°

Ecliptic λ, β

196.400° · 26.169°

HTM-20 index

1112473139

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