Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-2876 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2876, located approximately 736.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.64 Earth radii
  • A mass of 54.03 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.58 g
  • An orbital period of 6.300 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0654 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 929 K (656 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 736.28 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.141
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,984,255 years

TOI-2876 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.64 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.860 R♃
Mass
54.03 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.170 M♃
Density
0.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.58 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.141
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

#30of 574

top 5.1%

This planet

9.64R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2876 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.6411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0054.03317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.582.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00124.200.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 54.031 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 10827386

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2929750922377138816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2929750922377138816

System

TOI-2876

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.640 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 574
Mass 54.031 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 574
Orbital period 6.30 d · percentile 26 / cohort 524
Distance 225.74 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 572
ESI 0.141 · percentile 11 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.300 days
Semi-major axis
0.0654 AU
Eccentricity
0.130
Inclination
87.13 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.30 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0654 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.025 %

Duration

2.249 h

Impact parameter b

0.806

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,109.7722

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 10,250 ppm lasting ≈ 2.25 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.806

RV semi-amplitude (K)

19.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,109.7722

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.29000

Eq. Temperature

929K

(656 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

124.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.141

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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

Yee et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2876

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,271 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.873 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.939 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.35

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.529 dex

Stellar density

1.990 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
225.74 parsec
Light-years 736.28 ly
V-band magnitude
12.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,984,255 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.613.413.38B12.40V12.26Gaia11.70TESS10.94J10.55H10.44K10.38W110.49W210.33W38.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.401 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.743 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

15.53 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.55 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.323 · y = 0.875 · z = -0.360

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 110.24735° · Dec -21.11464°

Galactic ℓ, b

235.013° · -3.297°

Ecliptic λ, β

116.072° · -42.738°

HTM-20 index

1828774189

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