Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-4214 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4214, located approximately 1,131.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.68 Earth radii
  • A mass of 165.27 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.45 g
  • An orbital period of 3.491 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0502 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,642 K (1369 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,131.37 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.084
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,951,765 years

TOI-4214 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.68 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.953 R♃
Mass
165.27 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.520 M♃
Density
0.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.45 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.084
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

#1710of 1771

top 96.5%

This planet

10.68R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4214 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.6811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00165.27317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.452.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,210.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 165.271 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 409594381

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3032656414642552192

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3032656414642552192

System

TOI-4214

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.682 R⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1771
Mass 165.271 M⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.49 d · percentile 23 / cohort 1533
Distance 346.88 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.084 · percentile 20 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.491 days
Semi-major axis
0.0502 AU
Eccentricity
0.170
Inclination
85.77 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.49 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0502 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.466 %

Duration

3.254 h

Impact parameter b

0.555

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,129.8346

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,663 ppm lasting ≈ 3.25 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.520

Impact parameter (b)

0.555

RV semi-amplitude (K)

56.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,129.8346

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14500

Eq. Temperature

1,642K

(1369 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,210.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.084

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-4214

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,370 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.434 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.382 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.29

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.266 dex

Stellar density

0.661 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
346.88 parsec
Light-years 1,131.37 ly
V-band magnitude
11.79 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,951,765 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.714.614.55U12.16B11.79V11.46Gaia11.01TESS12.09Sloan g11.53Sloan r11.34Sloan i12.71Sloan z10.35J10.10H10.04K10.00W110.04W210.10W38.73W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.855 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.230 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.23 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.336 · y = 0.911 · z = -0.241

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 110.24951° · Dec -13.92626°

Galactic ℓ, b

228.663° · 0.078°

Ecliptic λ, β

114.420° · -35.664°

HTM-20 index

-176750247

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