Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-2322 c

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2322, located approximately 195.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.87 Earth radii
  • A mass of 18.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.15 g
  • An orbital period of 20.226 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1362 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 497 K (224 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 195.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.462
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,443,061 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-2322

TOI-2322 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-2322 b Rocky Terrestrial 0.99 2.31 11.307 603 2025
TOI-2322 c this Super-Earth 1.87 18.10 20.226 497 2025

TOI-2322 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.87 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.167 R♃
Mass
18.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.057 M♃
Density
14.69 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.462
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

#168of 1176

top 14.2%

This planet

1.87R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2322 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0018.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5114.691.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0010.150.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 18.100 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 300812741

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5264331179802870016

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5264331179802870016

System

TOI-2322

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.874 R⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1176
Mass 18.100 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 20.23 d · percentile 85 / cohort 1164
Distance 59.86 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.462 · percentile 69 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20.226 days
Semi-major axis
0.1362 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 20.23 Earth days (5.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1362 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.071 %

Duration

2.307 h

Impact parameter b

0.787

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,037.4161

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 712 ppm lasting ≈ 2.31 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Impact parameter (b)

0.787

RV semi-amplitude (K)

5.370 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,037.4161

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.28000

Eq. Temperature

497K

(224 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

10.15

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.462

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. 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

Hobson et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2322

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,664 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.662 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.703 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

2.908 g/cm³

Rotation period

21.28 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.587

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
59.86 parsec
Light-years 195.24 ly
V-band magnitude
10.91 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,443,061 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.312.112.05B10.91V10.75Gaia10.05TESS9.09J8.52H8.37K8.31W18.37W28.31W38.28W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.676 mas

Total Proper Motion

53.887 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.87 mas/yr

PM Declination

-53.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.148 · y = 0.290 · z = -0.946

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 116.97310° · Dec -71.00197°

Galactic ℓ, b

283.148° · -21.131°

Ecliptic λ, β

216.663° · -79.392°

HTM-20 index

-1385900094

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