Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

TOI-1232 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1232, located approximately 1,071.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.93 Earth radii
  • A mass of 220.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.85 g
  • An orbital period of 14.256 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1170 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 786 K (513 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,071.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.195
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,900,516 years

1 sibling around TOI-1232

TOI-1232 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-1232 b this Gas Giant 10.93 220.57 14.256 786 2026
TOI-1232 c Neptune-like 8.88 58.48 30.356 2026

TOI-1232 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.93 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.975 R♃
Mass
220.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.694 M♃
Density
0.93 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.85 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.195
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

#1669of 1771

top 94.2%

This planet

10.93R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1232 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.9311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00220.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.931.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.852.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0090.070.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 220.573 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 364395234

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5289147737059634560

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5289147737059634560

System

TOI-1232

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.929 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1771
Mass 220.573 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 14.26 d · percentile 46 / cohort 1533
Distance 328.60 pc · percentile 63 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.195 · percentile 39 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.256 days
Semi-major axis
0.1170 AU
Eccentricity
0.065
Inclination
89.44 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.26 Earth days (3.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1170 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.790 %

Duration

4.725 h

Rp / R★

0.091400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,544.0212

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,900 ppm lasting ≈ 4.73 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.091400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

20.000

RV semi-amplitude (K)

56.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,544.0212

Long. of periastron (ω)

97.40°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.35600

Eq. Temperature

786K

(513 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

90.07

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.195

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Mihaylov et al. 2026

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2026-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1232

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,823 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.072 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.058 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.403 dex

Stellar density

1.125 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

4.13 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
328.60 parsec
Light-years 1,071.76 ly
V-band magnitude
12.68 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,900,516 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.513.413.40B12.68V12.27Gaia11.78TESS11.08J10.77H10.70K10.66W110.71W210.71W39.50W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.014 mas

Total Proper Motion

26.244 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

26.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.210 · y = 0.422 · z = -0.882

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 116.50140° · Dec -61.87979°

Galactic ℓ, b

274.204° · -17.651°

Ecliptic λ, β

170.238° · -77.678°

HTM-20 index

138860185

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