Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-6054.01

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-6054, located approximately 259.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.64 Earth radii
  • A mass of 12.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.79 g
  • An orbital period of 7.501 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0763 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,360 K (1087 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 258.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.184
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,567,301 years

1 sibling around TOI-6054

TOI-6054.01 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-6054.01 this Sub-Neptune 2.64 12.50 7.501 1,360 2024
TOI-6054.02 Sub-Neptune 2.82 9.30 12.564 1,143 2024

TOI-6054.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.64 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.236 R♃
Mass
12.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.039 M♃
Density
3.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.79 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.184
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

#958of 1978

top 48.4%

This planet

2.64R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-6054.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0012.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.792.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00570.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 12.500 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 17540

TIC

TIC 392681545

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 474143193821024256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 474143193821024256

System

TOI-6054

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.640 R⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 1978
Mass 12.500 M⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 7.50 d · percentile 24 / cohort 1946
Distance 79.41 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.184 · percentile 5 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.501 days
Semi-major axis
0.0763 AU
Eccentricity
0.164
Inclination
88.59 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.50 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0763 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.021 %

Duration

5.650 h

Impact parameter b

0.240

Rp / R★

0.014590

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,817.9090

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 213 ppm lasting ≈ 5.65 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014590

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.890

Impact parameter (b)

0.240

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.870 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,817.9090

Long. of periastron (ω)

-13.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.96100

Eq. Temperature

1,360K

(1087 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

570.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.184

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

Crossfield et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-6054

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,047 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.662 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.107 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.100 dex

Stellar density

0.340 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

6.69 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
79.41 parsec
Light-years 258.99 ly
V-band magnitude
8.02 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,567,301 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.58.68.58B8.02V7.88Gaia7.50TESS6.99J6.71H6.67K6.60W16.52W26.55W36.68W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.565 mas

Total Proper Motion

55.196 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-54.99 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.274 · y = 0.412 · z = 0.869

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 56.33701° · Dec 60.35092°

Galactic ℓ, b

142.893° · 4.405°

Ecliptic λ, β

69.238° · 39.315°

HTM-20 index

1723301027

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