Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-1803 c

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TOI-1803, located approximately 388.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.29 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.43 g
  • An orbital period of 12.886 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0970 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 588 K (315 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 388.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.279
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,858,400 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-1803

TOI-1803 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-1803 b Sub-Neptune 2.99 10.32 6.293 747 2025
TOI-1803 c this Neptune-like 4.29 8.00 12.886 588 2025

TOI-1803 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.29 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.383 R♃
Mass
8.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.025 M♃
Density
0.42 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.43 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.279
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

#499of 574

top 86.8%

This planet

4.29R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1803 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.2911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.421.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.432.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0022.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 144401492

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4031575166693272832

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4031575166693272832

System

TOI-1803

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.290 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 574
Mass 8.000 M⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 574
Orbital period 12.89 d · percentile 43 / cohort 524
Distance 119.24 pc · percentile 27 / cohort 572
ESI 0.279 · percentile 45 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.886 days
Semi-major axis
0.0970 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.48 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.89 Earth days (3.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0970 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.317 %

Duration

2.400 h

Impact parameter b

0.779

Rp / R★

0.055000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,911.6747

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,170 ppm lasting ≈ 2.40 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.055000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

29.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.779

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,911.6747

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.81300

Eq. Temperature

588K

(315 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

22.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.279

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.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Zingales et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1803

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,687 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.715 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.756 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.620 dex

Stellar density

2.862 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

2.10 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.00 km/s

Rotation period

13.66 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
119.24 parsec
Light-years 388.91 ly
V-band magnitude
11.87 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,858,400 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.815.615.63U13.22B11.87V11.77Gaia11.15TESS12.73Sloan g11.83Sloan r11.55Sloan i11.81Sloan z10.28J9.77H9.66K9.61W19.68W29.60W38.83W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.358 mas

Total Proper Motion

86.500 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-86.45 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.09 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.817 · y = 0.028 · z = 0.576

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 178.04611° · Dec 35.17180°

Galactic ℓ, b

176.847° · 75.013°

Ecliptic λ, β

162.680° · 31.159°

HTM-20 index

683606242

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