Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-2093 c

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 2.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 15.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.99 g
  • An orbital period of 53.811 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2570 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 329 K (56 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 270.05 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.737
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,762,354 years

1 sibling around TOI-2093

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

TOI-2093 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.205 R♃
Mass
15.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.050 M♃
Density
7.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.737
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

#1499of 1978

top 75.7%

This planet

2.30R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2093 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0015.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.060.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 15.800 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 15.800 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 2.300 R⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1978
Mass 15.800 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 53.81 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1946
Distance 82.80 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.737 · percentile 96 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
53.811 days
Semi-major axis
0.2570 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.58 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 53.81 Earth days (14.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2570 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.084 %

Duration

4.680 h

Impact parameter b

0.560

Rp / R★

0.029000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,751.6122

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 841 ppm lasting ≈ 4.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029000

Impact parameter (b)

0.560

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.260 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,751.6122

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

3.10000

Eq. Temperature

329K

(56 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.06

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.737

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

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

Sanz Forcada et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-09

Observation locale

Space

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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