Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

TOI-1080 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-1080, located approximately 83.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 7.43 g
  • An orbital period of 3.965 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0272 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 368 K (95 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 83.36 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.656
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,470,093 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1080 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.107 R♃
Mass
10.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.034 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
7.43 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.656
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2026
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#75of 570

top 13.0%

This planet

1.20R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1080 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.007.432.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004.350.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 10.700 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 161032923

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6653968157663516672

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6653968157663516672

System

TOI-1080

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.200 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 570
Mass 10.700 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 570
Orbital period 3.97 d · percentile 44 / cohort 567
Distance 25.56 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 566
ESI 0.656 · percentile 81 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.965 days
Semi-major axis
0.0272 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.26 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.97 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0272 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.368 %

Duration

1.020 h

Impact parameter b

0.380

Rp / R★

0.054800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,756.4000

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,681 ppm lasting ≈ 1.02 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.054800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

29.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.380

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,756.4000

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.06000

Eq. Temperature

368K

(95 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4.35

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.656

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2026-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1080

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,065 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.202 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.167 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

5.049 dex

Stellar density

29.786 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-78.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
25.56 parsec
Light-years 83.36 ly
V-band magnitude
15.35 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,470,093 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.417.117.14B15.35V14.03Gaia12.71TESS11.04J10.47H10.17K10.02W19.83W29.58W38.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

39.097 mas

Total Proper Motion

279.098 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-270.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

-69.55 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.068 · y = -0.609 · z = -0.790

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 276.36832° · Dec -52.21457°

Galactic ℓ, b

342.568° · -17.381°

Ecliptic λ, β

274.447° · -28.874°

HTM-20 index

-692827472

Similar Worlds

Explore Related Categories