Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1898 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-1898, located approximately 259.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 129.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.46 g
  • An orbital period of 45.522 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2690 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 675 K (401 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 259.84 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.234
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,582,324 years

TOI-1898 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.838 R♃
Mass
129.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.406 M♃
Density
0.85 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.46 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.234
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

#51of 574

top 8.7%

This planet

9.40R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1898 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00129.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.851.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.462.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0051.010.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 129.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 47288

TIC

TIC 91987762

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 644224345413418880

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 644224345413418880

System

TOI-1898

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.396 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 574
Mass 129.000 M⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 574
Orbital period 45.52 d · percentile 68 / cohort 524
Distance 79.67 pc · percentile 21 / cohort 572
ESI 0.234 · percentile 37 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
45.522 days
Semi-major axis
0.2690 AU
Eccentricity
0.485
Inclination
87.53 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 45.52 Earth days (12.5% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.2690 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.303 %

Duration

4.270 h

Impact parameter b

0.700

Rp / R★

0.053399

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,894.2511

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,029 ppm lasting ≈ 4.27 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.053399

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

34.230

Impact parameter (b)

0.700

RV semi-amplitude (K)

22.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,894.2511

Long. of periastron (ω)

70.99°

Angular separation (arcsec)

3.38000

Eq. Temperature

675K

(401 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

51.01

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.234

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-1898

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,241 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.613 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.248 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.116 dex

Stellar density

0.413 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
79.67 parsec
Light-years 259.84 ly
V-band magnitude
7.87 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,582,324 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.68.38.34B7.87V7.75Gaia7.41TESS6.92J6.72H6.66K6.65W16.65W26.69W36.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.524 mas

Total Proper Motion

76.633 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-64.43 mas/yr

PM Declination

-41.49 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.747 · y = 0.532 · z = 0.399

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 144.55530° · Dec 23.54675°

Galactic ℓ, b

206.473° · 46.458°

Ecliptic λ, β

139.108° · 8.920°

HTM-20 index

-1968334186

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