Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-3486 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TOI-3486, located approximately 504.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.57 Earth radii
  • A mass of 99.16 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.89 g
  • An orbital period of 2.218 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0314 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,190 K (917 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 504.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.112
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,898,837 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-3486 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.57 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.943 R♃
Mass
99.16 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.312 M♃
Density
0.46 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.89 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.112
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

#1720of 1771

top 97.1%

This planet

10.57R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3486 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.5711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0099.16317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.461.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.892.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00334.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 99.162 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 221861843

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5927041953543630592

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5927041953543630592

System

TOI-3486

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.570 R⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1771
Mass 99.162 M⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.22 d · percentile 9 / cohort 1533
Distance 154.72 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.112 · percentile 30 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.218 days
Semi-major axis
0.0314 AU
Eccentricity
0.078
Inclination
85.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.22 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0314 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.515 %

Duration

1.717 h

Impact parameter b

0.718

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,797.2422

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 15,150 ppm lasting ≈ 1.72 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.570

Impact parameter (b)

0.718

RV semi-amplitude (K)

54.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,797.2422

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20300

Eq. Temperature

1,190K

(917 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

334.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.112

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

Yee et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-3486

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,930 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.788 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.837 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.569 dex

Stellar density

2.420 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
154.72 parsec
Light-years 504.61 ly
V-band magnitude
12.33 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,898,837 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.813.513.47B12.33V12.11Gaia11.49TESS10.60J10.13H10.00K9.95W110.03W29.97W38.78W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.435 mas

Total Proper Motion

77.607 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-25.27 mas/yr

PM Declination

-73.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.179 · y = -0.478 · z = -0.860

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 249.44320° · Dec -59.30511°

Galactic ℓ, b

328.427° · -8.158°

Ecliptic λ, β

257.063° · -36.785°

HTM-20 index

-1423214308

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