Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-1117 d

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1117, located approximately 546.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.27 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 8.665 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0817 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 978 K (705 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 546.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.230
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,639,836 years

2 siblings around TOI-1117

TOI-1117 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-1117 b Sub-Neptune 2.46 8.90 2.228 1,538 2025
TOI-1117 c Sub-Neptune 2.91 8.78 4.579 1,210 2025
TOI-1117 d this Sub-Neptune 3.27 10.71 8.665 978 2025

TOI-1117 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.27 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.291 R♃
Mass
10.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.034 M♃
Density
1.68 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.230
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#297of 1978

top 15.0%

This planet

3.27R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1117 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.681.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00152.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 10.710 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 295541511

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6436995652638923392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6436995652638923392

System

TOI-1117

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.270 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.710 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.67 d · percentile 29 / cohort 1946
Distance 167.60 pc · percentile 27 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.230 · percentile 12 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.665 days
Semi-major axis
0.0817 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.67 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0817 AU.

Eq. Temperature

978K

(705 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

152.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.230

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lockley et al. 2025

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2025-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TOI-1117

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,635 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.42 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.050 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.410 dex

Stellar density

1.280 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.32 km/s

Rotation period

40.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.030

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
167.60 parsec
Light-years 546.63 ly
V-band magnitude
11.02 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,639,836 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.911.711.70B11.02V10.86Gaia10.41TESS9.77J9.47H9.39K9.36W19.41W29.34W38.93W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.938 mas

Total Proper Motion

41.569 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-15.32 mas/yr

PM Declination

-38.64 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.025 · y = -0.399 · z = -0.917

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 273.60206° · Dec -66.41997°

Galactic ℓ, b

327.975° · -21.139°

Ecliptic λ, β

271.966° · -43.005°

HTM-20 index

842352940

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