Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-4504 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-4504, located approximately 1,117.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 2.426 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0339 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,234 K (961 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,117.43 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.193
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,705,820 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around TOI-4504

TOI-4504 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-4504 b this Sub-Neptune 2.69 7.71 2.426 1,234 2024
TOI-4504 d Gas Giant 13.60 450.24 40.563 2024
TOI-4504 c Gas Giant 11.10 1,197.32 82.972 183 2024

TOI-4504 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.240 R♃
Mass
7.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.17 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.193
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

#880of 1978

top 44.4%

This planet

2.69R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4504 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.171.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00548.050.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 349972412

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5289275864525400704

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5289275864525400704

System

TOI-4504

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.691 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.710 M⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 2.43 d · percentile 3 / cohort 1946
Distance 342.61 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.193 · percentile 6 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.426 days
Semi-major axis
0.0339 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.43 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0339 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.072 %

Duration

2.134 h

Impact parameter b

0.396

Rp / R★

0.026800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,038.4580

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 718 ppm lasting ≈ 2.13 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026800

Impact parameter (b)

0.396

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,038.4580

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09900

Eq. Temperature

1,234K

(961 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

548.05

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.193

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4504

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,315 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.920 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.458 dex

Stellar density

1.607 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.90 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
342.61 parsec
Light-years 1,117.43 ly
V-band magnitude
13.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,705,820 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.514.214.24B13.36V13.13Gaia12.55TESS11.71J11.32H11.24K11.16W111.22W211.24W39.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.890 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.007 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.32 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.194 · y = 0.426 · z = -0.884

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 114.46731° · Dec -62.07828°

Galactic ℓ, b

273.986° · -18.605°

Ecliptic λ, β

168.464° · -78.584°

HTM-20 index

892222422

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