Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-1453 c

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

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.22 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.95 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.60 g
  • An orbital period of 6.589 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 820 K (547 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 256.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.294
  • 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 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-1453 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.17 2.32 4.314 944 2025
TOI-1453 c this Sub-Neptune 2.22 2.95 6.589 820 2025

TOI-1453 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.22 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.198 R♃
Mass
2.95 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
1.47 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.60 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.294
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

#1639of 1978

top 82.8%

This planet

2.22R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1453 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.95317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.471.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.602.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0075.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2.950 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 Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.224 R⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1978
Mass 2.950 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 6.59 d · percentile 20 / cohort 1946
Distance 78.74 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.294 · percentile 26 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.589 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.61 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.59 Earth days (1.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.085 %

Duration

1.874 h

Impact parameter b

0.767

Rp / R★

0.028320

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,395.3813

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 852 ppm lasting ≈ 1.87 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028320

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.410

Impact parameter (b)

0.767

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.260 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,395.3813

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Eq. Temperature

820K

(547 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

75.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.294

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.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

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

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

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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