Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-2169 A b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2169 A, located approximately 1,146.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.51 Earth radii
  • A mass of 329.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.11 g
  • An orbital period of 8.215 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0896 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,364 K (1091 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,146.40 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.103
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,216,691 years

TOI-2169 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.51 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.116 R♃
Mass
329.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.037 M♃
Density
0.92 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.103
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

#1234of 1771

top 69.6%

This planet

12.51R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2169 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00329.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.921.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00577.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 329.588 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 8516795

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4535299582687857920

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4535299582687857920

System

TOI-2169

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.509 R⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1771
Mass 329.588 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 8.21 d · percentile 42 / cohort 1533
Distance 351.49 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.103 · percentile 27 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.215 days
Semi-major axis
0.0896 AU
Eccentricity
0.045
Inclination
85.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.21 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0896 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.397 %

Duration

4.337 h

Impact parameter b

0.775

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,732.6738

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,970 ppm lasting ≈ 4.34 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.570

Impact parameter (b)

0.775

RV semi-amplitude (K)

82.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,732.6738

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.25500

Eq. Temperature

1,364K

(1091 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

577.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.103

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

Yee et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2169 A

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,270 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.51 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.820 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.420 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.069 dex

Stellar density

0.331 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
351.49 parsec
Light-years 1,146.40 ly
V-band magnitude
11.16 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,216,691 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.811.711.68B11.16V10.96Gaia10.55TESS10.01J9.73H9.67K9.65W19.67W29.64W38.82W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.817 mas

Total Proper Motion

31.402 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.41 mas/yr

PM Declination

-30.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.146 · y = -0.907 · z = 0.395

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 279.17011° · Dec 23.25862°

Galactic ℓ, b

52.422° · 13.455°

Ecliptic λ, β

282.233° · 46.309°

HTM-20 index

1858765673

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