Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-654.01

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-654, located approximately 188.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.38 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.54 g
  • An orbital period of 1.528 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0194 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 794 K (521 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 188.37 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.338
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,321,947 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-654.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.38 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.212 R♃
Mass
8.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.027 M♃
Density
3.59 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.54 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.338
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

#1374of 1978

top 69.4%

This planet

2.38R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-654.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.591.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.542.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0065.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8.710 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 35009898

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3788670679927991296

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3788670679927991296

System

TOI-654

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.378 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.710 M⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 1.53 d · percentile 1 / cohort 1946
Distance 57.76 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.338 · percentile 37 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.528 days
Semi-major axis
0.0194 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.28 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.53 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0194 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.289 %

Duration

1.200 h

Impact parameter b

0.290

Rp / R★

0.051000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,243.0584

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,892 ppm lasting ≈ 1.20 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.051000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.517

Impact parameter (b)

0.290

RV semi-amplitude (K)

8.620 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,243.0584

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.33700

Eq. Temperature

794K

(521 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

65.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.338

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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

Hord et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-654

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,521 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.430 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.419 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.793 dex

Stellar density

7.430 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
57.76 parsec
Light-years 188.37 ly
V-band magnitude
14.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,321,947 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 6 bands

9.914.514.54V13.43Gaia12.23TESS10.74J10.14H9.92K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

17.286 mas

Total Proper Motion

283.987 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

99.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

-266.11 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.960 · y = 0.262 · z = -0.097

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 164.72455° · Dec -5.54754°

Galactic ℓ, b

258.946° · 47.482°

Ecliptic λ, β

168.108° · -11.128°

HTM-20 index

-1721084924

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