Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-2886 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-2886, located approximately 1,349.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.64 Earth radii
  • A mass of 444.96 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.28 g
  • An orbital period of 1.602 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0287 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,978 K (1705 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,349.22 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.051
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,793,481 years

TOI-2886 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.64 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.663 R♃
Mass
444.96 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.400 M♃
Density
0.38 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.051
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

#52of 1771

top 2.9%

This planet

18.64R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2886 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.6411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00444.96317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.381.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,560.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 444.960 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 318796593

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3046930579529070464

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3046930579529070464

System

TOI-2886

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.641 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1771
Mass 444.960 M⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.60 d · percentile 4 / cohort 1533
Distance 413.67 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.051 · percentile 5 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.602 days
Semi-major axis
0.0287 AU
Eccentricity
0.110
Inclination
87.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.60 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0287 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.897 %

Duration

2.784 h

Impact parameter b

0.190

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,311.0145

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 18,970 ppm lasting ≈ 2.78 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.977

Impact parameter (b)

0.190

RV semi-amplitude (K)

212.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,311.0145

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06940

Eq. Temperature

1,978K

(1705 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,560.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.051

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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-2886

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,240 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.241 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.229 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.340 dex

Stellar density

0.908 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
413.67 parsec
Light-years 1,349.22 ly
V-band magnitude
12.27 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,793,481 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.013.313.31B12.27V12.20Gaia11.79TESS11.21J10.98H10.92K10.85W110.89W210.89W39.01W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.389 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.669 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.85 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.336 · y = 0.924 · z = -0.183

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 110.00766° · Dec -10.56984°

Galactic ℓ, b

225.588° · 1.445°

Ecliptic λ, β

113.469° · -32.393°

HTM-20 index

-1226852860

Similar Worlds

Explore Related Categories