Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-1011 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1011, located approximately 171.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.45 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.04 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.92 g
  • An orbital period of 2.470 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,364 K (1091 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 171.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.204
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,026,577 years

TOI-1011 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.45 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.129 R♃
Mass
4.04 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
7.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.204
HZ Position Inner
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

#837of 1176

top 71.1%

This planet

1.45R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1011 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.04317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00575.600.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4.040 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 36964

TIC

TIC 114018671

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5592015297342611968

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5592015297342611968

System

TOI-1011

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.450 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.040 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.47 d · percentile 16 / cohort 1164
Distance 52.62 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.204 · percentile 13 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.470 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.47 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.027 %

Duration

2.302 h

Impact parameter b

0.240

Rp / R★

0.014300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,489.9776

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 273 ppm lasting ≈ 2.30 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014300

Impact parameter (b)

0.240

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.030 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,489.9776

Eq. Temperature

1,364K

(1091 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

575.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.204

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

Brinkman et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1011

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,475 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.920 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

1.589 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
52.62 parsec
Light-years 171.62 ly
V-band magnitude
8.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,026,577 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.09.99.89B8.94V8.73Gaia8.24TESS7.59J7.25H7.11K7.01W17.13W27.11W37.17W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.975 mas

Total Proper Motion

198.123 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

145.10 mas/yr

PM Declination

-134.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.342 · y = 0.768 · z = -0.542

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 113.98476° · Dec -32.84200°

Galactic ℓ, b

246.957° · -5.913°

Ecliptic λ, β

124.951° · -53.409°

HTM-20 index

-659601187

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