Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TIC 88785435 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TIC 88785435, located approximately 399.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.03 Earth radii
  • A mass of 22.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.88 g
  • An orbital period of 10.509 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0843 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 635 K (362 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 399.17 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.296
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,039,350 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TIC 88785435 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.03 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.449 R♃
Mass
22.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.070 M♃
Density
0.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.88 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.296
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#379of 574

top 65.9%

This planet

5.03R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TIC 88785435 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.0311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0022.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.882.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 88785435

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6205812887538362624

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6205812887538362624

System

TIC 88785435

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.030 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 574
Mass 22.300 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 574
Orbital period 10.51 d · percentile 38 / cohort 524
Distance 122.39 pc · percentile 28 / cohort 572
ESI 0.296 · percentile 49 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.509 days
Semi-major axis
0.0843 AU
Eccentricity
0.131
Inclination
88.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.51 Earth days (2.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0843 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

4.100 h

Rp / R★

0.050800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,609.2369

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.050800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.890

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,609.2369

Long. of periastron (ω)

-25.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.68900

Eq. Temperature

635K

(362 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.296

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Vach et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TIC 88785435

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,998 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.02 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.911 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.724 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.190 dex

Stellar density

1.082 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

10.00 km/s

Rotation period

8.49 days

Metallicity ratio

[m/H]

Distance
122.39 parsec
Light-years 399.17 ly
V-band magnitude
13.26 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,039,350 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.314.714.66B13.26V12.61Gaia11.73TESS10.44J9.76H9.55K9.45W19.45W29.34W38.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.142 mas

Total Proper Motion

36.106 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-24.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-26.51 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.614 · y = -0.599 · z = -0.513

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 224.28386° · Dec -30.88003°

Galactic ℓ, b

332.437° · 24.694°

Ecliptic λ, β

230.819° · -13.446°

HTM-20 index

-930167021

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