Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-2449 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2449, located approximately 511.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.24 Earth radii
  • A mass of 222.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.76 g
  • An orbital period of 106.145 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4500 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 400 K (127 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 511.37 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.356
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,017,956 years

TOI-2449 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.24 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.002 R♃
Mass
222.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.700 M♃
Density
0.86 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.76 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.356
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

#1626of 1771

top 91.8%

This planet

11.24R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2449 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.2411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00222.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.861.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.762.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00362.640.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 222.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 170729775

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4870809920906672384

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4870809920906672384

System

TOI-2449

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.240 R⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1771
Mass 222.000 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 106.14 d · percentile 54 / cohort 1533
Distance 156.79 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.356 · percentile 73 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
106.145 days
Semi-major axis
0.4500 AU
Eccentricity
0.098
Inclination
89.55 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 106.14 Earth days (29.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4500 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.017 %

Duration

8.260 h

Impact parameter b

0.704

Rp / R★

0.096700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,153.5934

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 10,168 ppm lasting ≈ 8.26 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.096700

Impact parameter (b)

0.704

RV semi-amplitude (K)

28.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,153.5934

Long. of periastron (ω)

266.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.87000

Eq. Temperature

400K

(127 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

362.64

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.356

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Ulmer Moll et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2449

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

6,021 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.065 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.079 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

1.258 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

5.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
156.79 parsec
Light-years 511.37 ly
V-band magnitude
10.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,017,956 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.411.011.00B10.42V10.29Gaia9.90TESS9.41J9.15H9.07K9.01W19.04W28.99W38.41W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.349 mas

Total Proper Motion

59.379 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

10.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

-58.53 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.309 · y = 0.764 · z = -0.566

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 67.98437° · Dec -34.45553°

Galactic ℓ, b

236.032° · -42.656°

Ecliptic λ, β

57.015° · -55.402°

HTM-20 index

-1561575131

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