Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-1346 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1346, located approximately 376.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.23 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 5.503 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 928 K (655 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 376.55 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.283
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,640,408 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-1346

TOI-1346 c 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-1346 b Sub-Neptune 2.39 6.30 1.762 1,324 2025
TOI-1346 c this Sub-Neptune 2.23 5.60 5.503 928 2025

TOI-1346 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.23 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.199 R♃
Mass
5.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.283
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

#1622of 1978

top 82.0%

This planet

2.23R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1346 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00102.660.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 219852882

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1636979235288735744

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1636979235288735744

System

TOI-1346

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.230 R⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.600 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.50 d · percentile 15 / cohort 1946
Distance 115.45 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.283 · percentile 24 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.503 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.39 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.50 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.084 %

Duration

3.171 h

Impact parameter b

0.160

Rp / R★

0.026130

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,771.7274

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 845 ppm lasting ≈ 3.17 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026130

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.160

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,771.7274

Eq. Temperature

928K

(655 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

102.66

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.283

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1346

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,099 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.780 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.820 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.610 dex

Stellar density

2.395 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[m/H]

Distance
115.45 parsec
Light-years 376.55 ly
V-band magnitude
11.69 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,640,408 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.312.612.62B11.69V11.30Gaia10.73TESS9.91J9.46H9.38K9.33W19.38W29.30W39.63W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.633 mas

Total Proper Motion

92.110 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-20.12 mas/yr

PM Declination

89.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.084 · y = -0.351 · z = 0.933

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 256.62268° · Dec 68.84330°

Galactic ℓ, b

99.784° · 34.559°

Ecliptic λ, β

149.687° · 84.449°

HTM-20 index

-866643324

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