Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-1453 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1453, located approximately 256.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.17 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.32 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.69 g
  • An orbital period of 4.314 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 944 K (671 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 256.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.312
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,529,023 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-1453

TOI-1453 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-1453 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.17 2.32 4.314 944 2025
TOI-1453 c Sub-Neptune 2.22 2.95 6.589 820 2025

TOI-1453 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.17 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.105 R♃
Mass
2.32 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
8.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.69 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.312
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

#134of 570

top 23.3%

This planet

1.17R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1453 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.32317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.518.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.692.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00132.600.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2.320 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 198390247

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1433062331332673792

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1433062331332673792

System

TOI-1453

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.173 R⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 570
Mass 2.320 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 570
Orbital period 4.31 d · percentile 48 / cohort 567
Distance 78.74 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 566
ESI 0.312 · percentile 42 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.314 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.65 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.31 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.027 %

Duration

1.998 h

Impact parameter b

0.569

Rp / R★

0.014960

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,392.9001

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 274 ppm lasting ≈ 2.00 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014960

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.880

Impact parameter (b)

0.569

RV semi-amplitude (K)

0.610 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,392.9001

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Eq. Temperature

944K

(671 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

132.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.312

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

Primary reference

Stalport et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1453

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,975 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.720 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.715 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.31

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.576 dex

Stellar density

2.721 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.910

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
78.74 parsec
Light-years 256.82 ly
V-band magnitude
11.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,529,023 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.515.014.98U12.03B11.11V10.73Gaia10.14TESS11.75Sloan g13.76Sloan r10.46Sloan i10.62Sloan z9.28J8.77H8.69K8.64W18.68W28.60W38.52W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.671 mas

Total Proper Motion

71.005 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-71.01 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.111 · y = -0.530 · z = 0.841

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 258.22327° · Dec 57.19778°

Galactic ℓ, b

85.576° · 35.751°

Ecliptic λ, β

234.003° · 79.156°

HTM-20 index

330081385

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