Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-907.01

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-907, located approximately 1,019.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.62 Earth radii
  • A mass of 67.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.72 g
  • An orbital period of 4.585 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0552 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,847 K (1573 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,019.33 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.067
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,975,920 years

TOI-907.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.62 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.857 R♃
Mass
67.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.211 M♃
Density
0.41 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.067
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

#31of 574

top 5.2%

This planet

9.62R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-907.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.6211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0067.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.411.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,729.670.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 305424003

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5910312231273215872

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5910312231273215872

System

TOI-907

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.616 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 574
Mass 67.000 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 574
Orbital period 4.58 d · percentile 18 / cohort 524
Distance 312.53 pc · percentile 48 / cohort 572
ESI 0.067 · percentile 0 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.585 days
Semi-major axis
0.0552 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.58 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0552 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.210 %

Duration

5.249 h

Rp / R★

0.042764

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,627.0568

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,101 ppm lasting ≈ 5.25 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.042764

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.768

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,627.0568

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17700

Eq. Temperature

1,847K

(1573 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,729.67

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.067

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hord et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-907

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,272 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

2.060 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.069 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
312.53 parsec
Light-years 1,019.33 ly
V-band magnitude
10.39 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,975,920 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.711.011.02B10.39V10.33Gaia9.94TESS9.32J9.16H9.03K8.73W18.74W28.79W39.01W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.172 mas

Total Proper Motion

37.862 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.39 mas/yr

PM Declination

-37.84 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.062 · y = -0.452 · z = -0.890

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 262.18341° · Dec -62.84038°

Galactic ℓ, b

329.199° · -15.204°

Ecliptic λ, β

265.380° · -39.526°

HTM-20 index

-95238804

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