Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2374 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2374, located approximately 439.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.81 Earth radii
  • A mass of 56.64 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • An orbital period of 4.314 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0471 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 885 K (612 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 439.19 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.197
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,745,033 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-2374 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.81 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.608 R♃
Mass
56.64 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.178 M♃
Density
0.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.197
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

#217of 574

top 37.6%

This planet

6.81R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2374 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.8111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0056.64317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00132.570.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 56.640 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 56.590 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 439366538

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6828814283414902912

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6828814283414902912

System

TOI-2374

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.810 R⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 574
Mass 56.640 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 574
Orbital period 4.31 d · percentile 16 / cohort 524
Distance 134.66 pc · percentile 30 / cohort 572
ESI 0.197 · percentile 27 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.314 days
Semi-major axis
0.0471 AU
Eccentricity
0.130
Inclination
87.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.31 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0471 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.127 %

Duration

1.380 h

Impact parameter b

0.651

Rp / R★

0.091000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,326.5640

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,272 ppm lasting ≈ 1.38 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.091000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.651

RV semi-amplitude (K)

27.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,326.5640

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.35000

Eq. Temperature

885K

(612 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

132.57

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.197

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

Hacker et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2374

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,802 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.690 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.750 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.140 dex

Stellar density

2.139 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

0.50 km/s

Rotation period

50.20 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.980

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
134.66 parsec
Light-years 439.19 ly
V-band magnitude
12.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,745,033 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.312.111.68B12.10V11.83Gaia11.21TESS10.39J9.88H9.79K9.71W19.79W29.66W38.28W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.398 mas

Total Proper Motion

33.380 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-31.33 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.705 · y = -0.602 · z = -0.375

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 319.49824° · Dec -22.04982°

Galactic ℓ, b

26.648° · -41.564°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.124° · -6.026°

HTM-20 index

-667420586

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