Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-4633 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-4633, located approximately 310.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 123.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 12.01 g
  • An orbital period of 271.945 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.8470 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 269 K (-5 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 310.51 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.603
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,475,768 years

TOI-4633 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.285 R♃
Mass
123.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.387 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
12.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.603
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

#348of 1978

top 17.5%

This planet

3.20R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4633 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00123.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0012.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.560.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 123.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 307958020

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1630906044157332224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1630906044157332224

System

TOI-4633

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.200 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1978
Mass 123.000 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 271.94 d · percentile 99 / cohort 1946
Distance 95.20 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.603 · percentile 83 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
271.945 days
Semi-major axis
0.8470 AU
Eccentricity
0.117
Inclination
89.89 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 271.94 Earth days (74.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.8470 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.048 %

Duration

11.450 h

Impact parameter b

0.330

Rp / R★

0.021110

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,864.8265

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 483 ppm lasting ≈ 11.45 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.021110

Impact parameter (b)

0.330

RV semi-amplitude (K)

11.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,864.8265

Long. of periastron (ω)

-21.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

8.90000

Eq. Temperature

269K

(-5 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.56

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.603

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Eisner et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4633

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,800 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.050 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.100 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.022 dex

Stellar density

1.350 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

4.39 km/s

Rotation period

12.10 days

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
95.20 parsec
Light-years 310.51 ly
V-band magnitude
9.02 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,475,768 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.29.89.77B9.02V8.82Gaia8.35TESS7.72J7.45H7.35K7.23W17.33W27.31W37.24W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.475 mas

Total Proper Motion

70.874 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-23.06 mas/yr

PM Declination

-67.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.105 · y = -0.450 · z = 0.887

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 256.84310° · Dec 62.47555°

Galactic ℓ, b

92.137° · 35.787°

Ecliptic λ, β

209.742° · 83.041°

HTM-20 index

556236332

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