Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-329 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-329, located approximately 927.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 40.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.66 g
  • An orbital period of 5.704 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0638 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,213 K (940 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 927.55 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.167
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,357,317 years

TOI-329 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.441 R♃
Mass
40.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.127 M♃
Density
1.84 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.66 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.167
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

#389of 574

top 67.6%

This planet

4.94R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-329 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0040.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.841.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.662.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00576.870.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 40.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 169765334

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2407507535105410944

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2407507535105410944

System

TOI-329

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.941 R⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 574
Mass 40.400 M⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 574
Orbital period 5.70 d · percentile 23 / cohort 524
Distance 284.39 pc · percentile 46 / cohort 572
ESI 0.167 · percentile 19 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.704 days
Semi-major axis
0.0638 AU
Eccentricity
0.390
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.70 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0638 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.094 %

Duration

4.208 h

Impact parameter b

0.465

Rp / R★

0.029554

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,090.7955

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 941 ppm lasting ≈ 4.21 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029554

Impact parameter (b)

0.465

RV semi-amplitude (K)

15.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,090.7955

Long. of periastron (ω)

170.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22400

Eq. Temperature

1,213K

(940 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

576.87

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.167

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

Primary reference

Polanski et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-329

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,614 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.533 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.068 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.092 dex

Stellar density

0.413 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
284.39 parsec
Light-years 927.55 ly
V-band magnitude
11.26 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,357,317 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.112.112.08B11.26V11.15Gaia10.69TESS10.08J9.75H9.68K9.63W19.68W29.54W38.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.488 mas

Total Proper Motion

52.372 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

52.13 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.952 · y = -0.145 · z = -0.270

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 351.32110° · Dec -15.63463°

Galactic ℓ, b

58.427° · -66.941°

Ecliptic λ, β

345.817° · -10.921°

HTM-20 index

-1751129463

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