Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-201 c

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-201, located approximately 371.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.13 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,513.16 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 36.43 g
  • An orbital period of 2,800.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.2800 AU
  • Distance from Earth 371.25 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.307
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,546,942 years

1 sibling around TOI-201

TOI-201 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-201 b Gas Giant 11.83 184.34 52.978 759 2021
TOI-201 c this Gas Giant 11.13 4,513.16 2,800.000 2025

TOI-201 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.13 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.993 R♃
Mass
4,513.16 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
14.200 M♃
Density
19.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
36.43 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.307
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Transit Timing Variations
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1647of 1771

top 92.9%

This planet

11.13R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-201 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.1311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,513.16317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5119.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0036.432.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4,513.163 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 39474

HIP

HIP 27515

TIC

TIC 350618622

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4767547667180525696

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4767547667180525696

System

TOI-201

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.131 R⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,513.163 M⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,800.00 d · percentile 88 / cohort 1533
Distance 113.83 pc · percentile 37 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.307 · percentile 60 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,800.000 days
Semi-major axis
4.2800 AU
Eccentricity
0.643
Inclination
89.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 7.67 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 4.2800 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

14.000 h

Impact parameter b

0.440

Rp / R★

0.074490

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,460,062.5930

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.074490

Impact parameter (b)

0.440

RV semi-amplitude (K)

221.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,062.5930

Long. of periastron (ω)

95.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

37.60000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.307

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-201

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,394 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.87 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.339 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.316 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.318 dex

Stellar density

0.810 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

16.91 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

9.52 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
113.83 parsec
Light-years 371.25 ly
V-band magnitude
9.07 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,546,942 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.79.69.60B9.07V8.94Gaia8.58TESS8.10J7.92H7.85K7.78W17.83W27.83W37.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.757 mas

Total Proper Motion

66.896 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.73 mas/yr

PM Declination

66.45 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.026 · y = 0.574 · z = -0.818

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 87.40178° · Dec -54.91042°

Galactic ℓ, b

262.849° · -30.629°

Ecliptic λ, β

82.623° · -78.283°

HTM-20 index

831307443

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