Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-815 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-815, located approximately 194.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.88 g
  • An orbital period of 11.197 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0903 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 686 K (413 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 194.75 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.338
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,434,474 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-815

TOI-815 b 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-815 b this Sub-Neptune 2.94 7.60 11.197 686 2024
TOI-815 c Sub-Neptune 2.62 23.50 34.976 469 2024

TOI-815 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.262 R♃
Mass
7.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
1.64 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.88 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

#570of 1978

top 28.8%

This planet

2.94R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-815 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.641.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.882.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0036.900.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 7.600 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 102840239

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5415648821879172096

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5415648821879172096

System

TOI-815

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.940 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.600 M⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 11.20 d · percentile 39 / cohort 1946
Distance 59.71 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.338 · percentile 37 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.197 days
Semi-major axis
0.0903 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
89.36 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.20 Earth days (3.1% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0903 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.130 %

Duration

3.379 h

Impact parameter b

0.279

Rp / R★

0.034900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,287.6028

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,301 ppm lasting ≈ 3.38 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.034900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

25.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.279

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,287.6028

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.51000

Eq. Temperature

686K

(413 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

36.90

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

Psaridi et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-815

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,869 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.770 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.776 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

2.431 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-2.97 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.00 km/s

Rotation period

15.30 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
59.71 parsec
Light-years 194.75 ly
V-band magnitude
10.22 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,434,474 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.611.111.15B10.22V9.94Gaia9.36TESS8.53J8.07H8.00K7.89W17.98W27.96W37.65W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.718 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.408 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.93 mas/yr

PM Declination

7.10 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.658 · y = 0.295 · z = -0.693

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 155.87194° · Dec -43.83492°

Galactic ℓ, b

276.658° · 11.361°

Ecliptic λ, β

180.428° · -48.827°

HTM-20 index

-1805516204

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