Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-1648 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1648, located approximately 227.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.54 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.15 g
  • An orbital period of 7.332 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0694 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 799 K (526 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 227.77 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.318
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,016,742 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-1648 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.54 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.227 R♃
Mass
7.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.023 M♃
Density
2.49 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.318
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

#1117of 1978

top 56.4%

This planet

2.54R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1648 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.491.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0027.400.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 7.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 376353509

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 540977282990133888

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 540977282990133888

System

TOI-1648

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.540 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.400 M⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 7.33 d · percentile 23 / cohort 1946
Distance 69.84 pc · percentile 16 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.318 · percentile 32 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.332 days
Semi-major axis
0.0694 AU
Eccentricity
0.178
Inclination
88.29 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.33 Earth days (2.0% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0694 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.089 %

Duration

1.540 h

Impact parameter b

0.736

Rp / R★

0.028700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,925.3431

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 893 ppm lasting ≈ 1.54 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

26.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.736

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.830 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,925.3431

Long. of periastron (ω)

286.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.99400

Eq. Temperature

799K

(526 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

27.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.318

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

Carleo et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1648

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,850 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.810 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.830 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

1.823 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-32.18 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.950

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
69.84 parsec
Light-years 227.77 ly
V-band magnitude
10.43 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,016,742 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.111.411.45B10.43V10.18Gaia9.58TESS8.80J8.30H8.18K8.14W18.20W28.16W38.15W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

14.291 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.205 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

16.32 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.249 · y = 0.253 · z = 0.935

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 45.40118° · Dec 69.22992°

Galactic ℓ, b

134.075° · 9.224°

Ecliptic λ, β

67.579° · 49.237°

HTM-20 index

-1011154072

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