Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2458 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2458, located approximately 368.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.83 Earth radii
  • A mass of 13.31 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.66 g
  • An orbital period of 3.737 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0482 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,509 K (1236 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 368.42 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.159
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,497,074 years

1 sibling around TOI-2458

TOI-2458 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-2458 b this Sub-Neptune 2.83 13.31 3.737 1,509 2024
TOI-2458 c Sub-Neptune 3.18 10.22 16.553 2024

TOI-2458 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.83 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.252 R♃
Mass
13.31 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.042 M♃
Density
3.23 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.66 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.159
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

#703of 1978

top 35.5%

This planet

2.83R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2458 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0013.31317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.231.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.662.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00865.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 13.310 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 34562

TIC

TIC 449197831

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3233785128901216128

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3233785128901216128

System

TOI-2458

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.830 R⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 1978
Mass 13.310 M⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 3.74 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1946
Distance 112.96 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.159 · percentile 3 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.737 days
Semi-major axis
0.0482 AU
Eccentricity
0.087
Inclination
84.03 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.74 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0482 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.039 %

Duration

2.130 h

Impact parameter b

0.847

Rp / R★

0.019800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,177.4046

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 392 ppm lasting ≈ 2.13 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.019800

Impact parameter (b)

0.847

RV semi-amplitude (K)

5.310 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,177.4046

Long. of periastron (ω)

-26.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.42700

Eq. Temperature

1,509K

(1236 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

865.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.159

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

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2458

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,005 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.310 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.050 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.200 dex

Stellar density

0.659 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.50 km/s

Rotation period

8.90 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
112.96 parsec
Light-years 368.42 ly
V-band magnitude
9.20 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,497,074 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.29.89.78B9.20V9.10Gaia8.71TESS8.20J7.99H7.89K7.83W17.87W27.80W37.23W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.824 mas

Total Proper Motion

99.311 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.09 mas/yr

PM Declination

-99.26 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.180 · y = 0.983 · z = 0.022

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 79.62153° · Dec 1.25344°

Galactic ℓ, b

200.689° · -19.943°

Ecliptic λ, β

78.812° · -21.784°

HTM-20 index

126928714

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