Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-2093 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2093, located approximately 270.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 12.836 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0970 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 535 K (262 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 270.05 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.421
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,762,354 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-2093

TOI-2093 b 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-2093 b this Sub-Neptune 3.25 10.60 12.836 535 2025
TOI-2093 c Sub-Neptune 2.30 15.80 53.811 329 2025

TOI-2093 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.290 R♃
Mass
10.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
1.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.421
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Calar Alto Observatory
Telescope 3.5 m telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#312of 1978

top 15.7%

This planet

3.25R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2093 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 10.600 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 402898317

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2251459209896210816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2251459209896210816

System

TOI-2093

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.250 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.600 M⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 12.84 d · percentile 44 / cohort 1946
Distance 82.80 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.421 · percentile 57 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

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

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.84 Earth days (3.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0970 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.520 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,320.5300

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.17000

Eq. Temperature

535K

(262 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.421

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sanz Forcada et al. 2025

Instrument

CARMENES

Publication

2025-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TOI-2093

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,426 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.60 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.729 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.745 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.870 dex

Stellar density

2.850 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

14.67 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

43.80 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
82.80 parsec
Light-years 270.05 ly
V-band magnitude
11.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,762,354 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.912.812.81B11.93V11.37Gaia10.67TESS9.72J9.12H8.98K8.92W18.99W28.92W38.97W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.049 mas

Total Proper Motion

66.336 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-36.89 mas/yr

PM Declination

55.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.177 · y = -0.276 · z = 0.945

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 302.73752° · Dec 70.86965°

Galactic ℓ, b

103.865° · 19.368°

Ecliptic λ, β

34.735° · 77.545°

HTM-20 index

-1006418023

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