Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-3474 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-3474, located approximately 1,370.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.67 Earth radii
  • A mass of 193.88 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.90 g
  • An orbital period of 3.880 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0502 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,451 K (1178 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,370.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.077
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,164,470 years

TOI-3474 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.67 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.309 R♃
Mass
193.88 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.610 M♃
Density
0.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.90 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.077
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

#265of 1771

top 14.9%

This planet

14.67R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3474 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.6711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00193.88317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.902.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00740.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 193.875 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 274367763

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5986650013613194624

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5986650013613194624

System

TOI-3474

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.673 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1771
Mass 193.875 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.88 d · percentile 27 / cohort 1533
Distance 420.12 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.077 · percentile 17 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.880 days
Semi-major axis
0.0502 AU
Eccentricity
0.130
Inclination
89.33 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.88 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0502 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.148 %

Duration

3.799 h

Impact parameter b

0.100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,789.2887

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,480 ppm lasting ≈ 3.80 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.620

Impact parameter (b)

0.100

RV semi-amplitude (K)

73.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,789.2887

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11900

Eq. Temperature

1,451K

(1178 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

740.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.077

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-3474

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,020 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.256 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.121 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.292 dex

Stellar density

0.804 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
420.12 parsec
Light-years 1,370.26 ly
V-band magnitude
12.53 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,164,470 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.813.313.28B12.53V12.44Gaia11.97TESS11.28J10.97H10.94K10.85W110.89W211.08W38.78W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.352 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.847 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.54 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.30 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.398 · y = -0.538 · z = -0.743

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 233.50335° · Dec -47.96366°

Galactic ℓ, b

328.971° · 6.518°

Ecliptic λ, β

243.222° · -27.860°

HTM-20 index

1243943824

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