Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-2345 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2345, located approximately 266.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.49 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.54 g
  • An orbital period of 1.053 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0171 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,478 K (1205 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 266.32 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.194
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,696,548 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-2345

TOI-2345 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-2345 b this Super-Earth 1.50 3.49 1.053 1,478 2025
TOI-2345 c Sub-Neptune 2.45 7.27 21.064 544 2025

TOI-2345 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.134 R♃
Mass
3.49 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
5.64 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.54 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.194
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

#745of 1176

top 63.3%

This planet

1.50R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2345 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.49317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.641.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.542.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00791.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.490 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 91555165

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5049575943053753088

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5049575943053753088

System

TOI-2345

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.504 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.490 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 1.05 d · percentile 6 / cohort 1164
Distance 81.65 pc · percentile 15 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.194 · percentile 11 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.053 days
Semi-major axis
0.0171 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
86.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.05 Earth days (0.3% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0170 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.036 %

Duration

1.529 h

Impact parameter b

0.270

Rp / R★

0.018910

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,116.7208

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 359 ppm lasting ≈ 1.53 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018910

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.030

Impact parameter (b)

0.270

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.710 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,116.7208

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20900

Eq. Temperature

1,478K

(1205 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

791.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.194

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — 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

Eschen et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2345

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,687 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.729 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.727 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

2.650 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

58.14 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
81.65 parsec
Light-years 266.32 ly
V-band magnitude
11.48 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,696,548 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.712.412.40B11.48V11.03Gaia10.38TESS9.51J8.94H8.85K8.76W18.84W28.77W38.66W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.218 mas

Total Proper Motion

227.719 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

202.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

-104.35 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.591 · y = 0.568 · z = -0.573

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 43.88479° · Dec -34.97797°

Galactic ℓ, b

237.158° · -62.413°

Ecliptic λ, β

26.392° · -48.755°

HTM-20 index

-392653523

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