Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2025 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2025, located approximately 1,095.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.89 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,144.18 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 8.09 g
  • An orbital period of 8.872 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0892 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,166 K (893 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,095.84 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.148
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,325,053 years

TOI-2025 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.89 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.061 R♃
Mass
1,144.18 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.600 M♃
Density
3.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
8.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.148
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1545of 1771

top 87.2%

This planet

11.89R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2025 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.8911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,144.18317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.008.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00343.720.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,144.182 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 394050135

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2296342614570999552

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2296342614570999552

System

TOI-2025

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.893 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,144.182 M⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 8.87 d · percentile 43 / cohort 1533
Distance 335.99 pc · percentile 63 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.148 · percentile 36 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.872 days
Semi-major axis
0.0892 AU
Eccentricity
0.394
Inclination
88.65 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.87 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0892 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.558 %

Duration

3.601 h

Impact parameter b

0.190

Rp / R★

0.074690

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,089.5334

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,578 ppm lasting ≈ 3.60 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.074690

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.120

Impact parameter (b)

0.190

RV semi-amplitude (K)

341.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,089.5334

Long. of periastron (ω)

91.80°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

9.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.26500

Eq. Temperature

1,166K

(893 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

343.72

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.148

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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

Knudstrup et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2025

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,977 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.459 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.199 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.187 dex

Stellar density

0.542 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

6.00 km/s

Rotation period

13.20 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
335.99 parsec
Light-years 1,095.84 ly
V-band magnitude
11.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,325,053 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.112.512.48B11.60V11.36Gaia10.95TESS10.38J10.07H10.01K10.00W110.04W29.97W39.06W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.948 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.313 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.030 · y = -0.132 · z = 0.991

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.79526° · Dec 82.24541°

Galactic ℓ, b

114.232° · 26.869°

Ecliptic λ, β

83.759° · 74.035°

HTM-20 index

-39071451

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