Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-2458 c

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 3.18 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.22 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 16.553 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1290 AU
  • Distance from Earth 368.42 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.620
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,497,074 years

1 sibling around TOI-2458

TOI-2458 c 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 Sub-Neptune 2.83 13.31 3.737 1,509 2024
TOI-2458 c this Sub-Neptune 3.18 10.22 16.553 2024

TOI-2458 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.18 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.283 R♃
Mass
10.22 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.032 M♃
Density
1.75 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.620
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#367of 1978

top 18.5%

This planet

3.18R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2458 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.1811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.22317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.751.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 10.220 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

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 3.180 R⊕ · percentile 81 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.220 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 16.55 d · percentile 55 / cohort 1946
Distance 112.96 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.620 · percentile 85 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.553 days
Semi-major axis
0.1290 AU
Eccentricity
0.290
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.55 Earth days (4.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1290 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.620

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2024-09

Observation locale

Ground

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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