Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-2076 e

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2076, located approximately 136.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.78 g
  • An orbital period of 3.022 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0386 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,110 K (837 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 136.69 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.237
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,410,511 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

3 siblings around TOI-2076

TOI-2076 e shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-2076 e this Super-Earth 1.30 4.70 3.022 1,110 2025
TOI-2076 b Sub-Neptune 2.59 6.70 10.355 736 2021
TOI-2076 c Sub-Neptune 3.54 7.20 21.014 581 2021
TOI-2076 d Sub-Neptune 3.27 7.30 35.128 490 2021

TOI-2076 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.116 R♃
Mass
4.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.015 M♃
Density
11.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.78 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.237
HZ Position Unknown
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

#1088of 1176

top 92.4%

This planet

1.30R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2076 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5111.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.782.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4.700 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27491137

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1490845584382687232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1490845584382687232

System

TOI-2076

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.301 R⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.700 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.02 d · percentile 22 / cohort 1164
Distance 41.91 pc · percentile 9 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.237 · percentile 20 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.022 days
Semi-major axis
0.0386 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.46 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.02 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0386 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

2.160 h

Impact parameter b

0.000

Rp / R★

0.015600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,740.2131

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.000

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,740.2131

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.92200

Eq. Temperature

1,110K

(837 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.237

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched. 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

Barber et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2076

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,187 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.21 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.758 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.849 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.608 dex

Stellar density

2.244 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

5.27 km/s

Rotation period

7.21 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.373

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
41.91 parsec
Light-years 136.69 ly
V-band magnitude
9.14 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,410,511 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.010.010.03B9.14V8.91Gaia8.37TESS7.61J7.19H7.12K7.01W17.13W27.09W37.00W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

23.832 mas

Total Proper Motion

118.433 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-118.23 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.97 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.610 · y = -0.467 · z = 0.640

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 217.39202° · Dec 39.79040°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.106° · 66.056°

Ecliptic λ, β

195.865° · 50.604°

HTM-20 index

655596192

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