Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-2407 b

A neptune-like orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-2407, located approximately 301.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.26 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.93 g
  • An orbital period of 2.703 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0330 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 705 K (432 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 301.49 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.288
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,316,732 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-2407 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.26 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.380 R♃
Mass
16.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.053 M♃
Density
1.19 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.288
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

#506of 574

top 88.0%

This planet

4.26R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2407 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.2611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.191.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0041.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 153078576

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4847001302277419904

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4847001302277419904

System

TOI-2407

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.260 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 574
Mass 16.800 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 574
Orbital period 2.70 d · percentile 3 / cohort 524
Distance 92.44 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 572
ESI 0.288 · percentile 47 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.703 days
Semi-major axis
0.0330 AU
Eccentricity
0.080
Inclination
88.83 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.70 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0330 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.513 %

Duration

1.700 h

Impact parameter b

0.250

Rp / R★

0.068900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,149.0561

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,133 ppm lasting ≈ 1.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.068900

Impact parameter (b)

0.250

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,149.0561

Long. of periastron (ω)

42.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.35700

Eq. Temperature

705K

(432 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

41.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.288

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.

Discovery Paper

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2407

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,530 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.567 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.548 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.716 dex

Stellar density

4.850 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
92.44 parsec
Light-years 301.49 ly
V-band magnitude
14.68 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,316,732 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.616.015.97B14.68V13.63Gaia12.53TESS11.13J10.56H10.32K10.22W110.16W210.01W38.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.789 mas

Total Proper Motion

98.809 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

10.82 mas/yr

PM Declination

-98.21 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.445 · y = 0.526 · z = -0.725

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 49.74655° · Dec -46.45803°

Galactic ℓ, b

256.540° · -55.175°

Ecliptic λ, β

23.548° · -60.949°

HTM-20 index

-2029330738

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