Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2019 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2019, located approximately 645.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.33 Earth radii
  • A mass of 34.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 15.344 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1280 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 917 K (644 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 645.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.210
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,388,889 years

TOI-2019 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.33 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.476 R♃
Mass
34.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.108 M♃
Density
1.25 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.210
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

#338of 574

top 58.7%

This planet

5.33R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2019 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.3311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0034.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.251.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00126.050.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 34.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159781361

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1402405129651594624

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1402405129651594624

System

TOI-2019

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.333 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 574
Mass 34.400 M⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 574
Orbital period 15.34 d · percentile 46 / cohort 524
Distance 198.01 pc · percentile 39 / cohort 572
ESI 0.210 · percentile 30 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.344 days
Semi-major axis
0.1280 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.34 Earth days (4.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1280 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.067 %

Duration

7.573 h

Impact parameter b

0.312

Rp / R★

0.028007

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,942.9420

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 665 ppm lasting ≈ 7.57 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028007

Impact parameter (b)

0.312

RV semi-amplitude (K)

7.970 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,942.9420

Long. of periastron (ω)

57.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.64600

Eq. Temperature

917K

(644 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

126.05

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.210

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-2019

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,626 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.746 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.183 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.41

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.025 dex

Stellar density

0.312 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
198.01 parsec
Light-years 645.81 ly
V-band magnitude
10.26 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,388,889 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.511.111.08B10.26V10.08Gaia9.61TESS8.96J8.67H8.60K8.56W18.63W28.56W38.50W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.021 mas

Total Proper Motion

48.079 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

12.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

-46.47 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.382 · y = -0.534 · z = 0.754

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 234.43177° · Dec 48.95521°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.678° · 51.362°

Ecliptic λ, β

206.451° · 64.746°

HTM-20 index

-1442442764

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