Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-782 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-782, located approximately 171.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.73 Earth radii
  • A mass of 19.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.56 g
  • An orbital period of 8.024 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0578 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 435 K (162 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 171.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.506
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,020,376 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-782 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.73 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.244 R♃
Mass
19.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.060 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.56 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.506
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

#821of 1978

top 41.5%

This planet

2.73R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-782 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0019.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.562.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.005.910.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 19.100 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 429358906

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3518374197418907648

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3518374197418907648

System

TOI-782

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.734 R⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1978
Mass 19.100 M⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.02 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1946
Distance 52.51 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.506 · percentile 71 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.024 days
Semi-major axis
0.0578 AU
Eccentricity
0.190
Inclination
88.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.02 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0578 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.401 %

Duration

1.708 h

Impact parameter b

0.460

Rp / R★

0.060600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,577.0419

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,010 ppm lasting ≈ 1.71 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.060600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

30.070

Impact parameter (b)

0.460

RV semi-amplitude (K)

11.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,577.0419

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.10000

Eq. Temperature

435K

(162 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

5.91

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.506

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hori et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-782

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,370 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.413 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.397 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.34

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.804 dex

Stellar density

7.990 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-7.80 km/s

Rotation period

65.26 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
52.51 parsec
Light-years 171.27 ly
V-band magnitude
14.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,020,376 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.816.416.36B14.83V13.56Gaia12.29TESS10.68J10.11H9.86K9.72W19.56W29.40W38.80W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

19.015 mas

Total Proper Motion

167.809 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-163.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

-36.82 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.944 · y = -0.065 · z = -0.324

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 183.92036° · Dec -18.91034°

Galactic ℓ, b

291.307° · 43.153°

Ecliptic λ, β

191.277° · -15.761°

HTM-20 index

1727169594

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