Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

TOI-2525 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2525, located approximately 1,289.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.13 Earth radii
  • A mass of 208.81 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.03 g
  • An orbital period of 49.252 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2490 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 400 K (127 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,289.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.382
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,742,347 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-2525

TOI-2525 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-2525 b Neptune-like 8.68 26.70 23.286 513 2023
TOI-2525 c this Gas Giant 10.13 208.81 49.252 400 2023

TOI-2525 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.13 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.904 R♃
Mass
208.81 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.657 M♃
Density
1.11 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.03 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.382
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1756of 1771

top 99.1%

This planet

10.13R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2525 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.1311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00208.81317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.111.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.032.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.006.050.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 208.813 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 149601126

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4758931211166869632

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4758931211166869632

System

TOI-2525

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.133 R⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1771
Mass 208.813 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 49.25 d · percentile 50 / cohort 1533
Distance 395.40 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.382 · percentile 80 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
49.252 days
Semi-major axis
0.2490 AU
Eccentricity
0.157
Inclination
89.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 49.25 Earth days (13.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.2490 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.561 %

Duration

5.502 h

Rp / R★

0.118300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,335.4118

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 15,607 ppm lasting ≈ 5.50 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.118300

RV semi-amplitude (K)

41.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,335.4118

Long. of periastron (ω)

21.50°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.63000

Eq. Temperature

400K

(127 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

6.05

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.382

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.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Trifonov et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2525

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,096 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.99 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.785 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.849 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.580 dex

Stellar density

2.039 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
395.40 parsec
Light-years 1,289.61 ly
V-band magnitude
14.22 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,742,347 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.415.315.26B14.22V14.01Gaia13.40TESS12.52J12.08H11.91K11.89W111.97W211.98W39.36W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.500 mas

Total Proper Motion

31.879 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

21.76 mas/yr

PM Declination

23.30 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.027 · y = 0.491 · z = -0.871

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 86.85097° · Dec -60.52131°

Galactic ℓ, b

269.367° · -31.180°

Ecliptic λ, β

75.497° · -83.802°

HTM-20 index

-1467870348

Similar Worlds

Explore Related Categories