Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-6651 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-6651, located approximately 691.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.09 Earth radii
  • A mass of 61.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.35 g
  • An orbital period of 5.057 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0633 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,493 K (1220 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 691.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.136
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,201,095 years

TOI-6651 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.09 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.454 R♃
Mass
61.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.192 M♃
Density
2.52 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.35 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.136
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

#371of 574

top 64.5%

This planet

5.09R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-6651 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.0911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0061.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.521.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.352.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00817.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 61.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 60.700 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 174328045

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 363314964355784192

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 363314964357100800

System

TOI-6651

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.090 R⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 574
Mass 61.000 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 574
Orbital period 5.06 d · percentile 20 / cohort 524
Distance 212.13 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 572
ESI 0.136 · percentile 9 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.057 days
Semi-major axis
0.0633 AU
Eccentricity
0.091
Inclination
84.93 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.06 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0633 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.078 %

Duration

3.610 h

Impact parameter b

0.662

Rp / R★

0.027150

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,857.7116

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 784 ppm lasting ≈ 3.61 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027150

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.910

Impact parameter (b)

0.662

RV semi-amplitude (K)

18.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,857.7116

Long. of periastron (ω)

116.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.29800

Eq. Temperature

1,493K

(1220 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

817.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.136

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

Baliwal et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-6651

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,940 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.71 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.721 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.323 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.23

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.087 dex

Stellar density

0.366 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

4.88 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
212.13 parsec
Light-years 691.87 ly
V-band magnitude
10.24 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,201,095 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.610.910.88B10.24V10.04Gaia9.61TESS9.02J8.74H8.68K8.65W18.69W28.65W38.66W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.686 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.630 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

10.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

-21.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.784 · y = 0.222 · z = 0.579

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 15.78859° · Dec 35.38904°

Galactic ℓ, b

125.622° · -27.422°

Ecliptic λ, β

28.942° · 26.302°

HTM-20 index

46724138

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