Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-2989 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-2989, located approximately 638.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.55 Earth radii
  • A mass of 953.49 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.05 g
  • An orbital period of 3.123 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0384 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,001 K (728 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 638.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.168
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,261,660 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-2989 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.55 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
953.49 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.000 M♃
Density
2.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.168
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

#1227of 1771

top 69.2%

This planet

12.55R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2989 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00953.49317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00124.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 953.485 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 97825640

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3531594209836279168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3531594209836279168

System

TOI-2989

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.554 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 953.485 M⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.12 d · percentile 17 / cohort 1533
Distance 195.80 pc · percentile 50 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.168 · percentile 38 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.123 days
Semi-major axis
0.0384 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.12 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0384 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.806 %

Duration

2.680 h

Impact parameter b

0.360

Rp / R★

0.152000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,302.2242

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 28,060 ppm lasting ≈ 2.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.152000

Impact parameter (b)

0.360

RV semi-amplitude (K)

503.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,302.2242

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19600

Eq. Temperature

1,001K

(728 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

124.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.168

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Frensch et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2989

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,672 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.760 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.770 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.580 dex

Stellar density

2.538 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-9.68 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

30.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
195.80 parsec
Light-years 638.60 ly
V-band magnitude
13.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,261,660 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.815.215.23B13.86V13.48Gaia12.71TESS11.59J10.99H10.86K10.79W110.88W210.66W38.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.079 mas

Total Proper Motion

119.112 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-118.09 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.54 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.880 · y = 0.136 · z = -0.455

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 171.23168° · Dec -27.06236°

Galactic ℓ, b

280.173° · 31.958°

Ecliptic λ, β

183.664° · -28.126°

HTM-20 index

1701159928

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