Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-3837 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-3837, located approximately 1,016.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.87 Earth radii
  • A mass of 187.52 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.59 g
  • An orbital period of 11.889 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0990 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,178 K (905 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,016.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.124
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,928,526 years

TOI-3837 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.87 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.970 R♃
Mass
187.52 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.590 M♃
Density
0.82 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.124
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

#1680of 1771

top 94.8%

This planet

10.87R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-3837 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.8711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00187.52317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.821.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00138.070.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 187.519 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 308073360

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 726500525642401536

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 726500525642401536

System

TOI-3837

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.873 R⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1771
Mass 187.519 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 11.89 d · percentile 45 / cohort 1533
Distance 311.71 pc · percentile 61 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.124 · percentile 33 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.889 days
Semi-major axis
0.0990 AU
Eccentricity
0.221
Inclination
88.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.89 Earth days (3.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0990 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.780 %

Duration

4.803 h

Impact parameter b

0.745

Rp / R★

0.083000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,876.2853

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,800 ppm lasting ≈ 4.80 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.083000

Impact parameter (b)

0.745

RV semi-amplitude (K)

58.080 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,876.2853

Long. of periastron (ω)

279.90°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.31800

Eq. Temperature

1,178K

(905 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

138.07

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.124

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

Tala Pinto et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-3837

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,905 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.200 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.229 dex

Stellar density

0.734 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.47 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.256

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
311.71 parsec
Light-years 1,016.64 ly
V-band magnitude
11.67 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,928,526 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.515.215.23U12.68B11.67V11.80Gaia11.37TESS12.43Sloan g11.86Sloan r11.76Sloan i12.02Sloan z10.72J10.40H10.32K10.28W110.32W210.37W38.50W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.180 mas

Total Proper Motion

62.519 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

50.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

-37.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.810 · y = 0.419 · z = 0.411

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 152.66628° · Dec 24.27312°

Galactic ℓ, b

208.235° · 53.822°

Ecliptic λ, β

145.931° · 12.161°

HTM-20 index

40616194

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