Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

TOI-4336 A c

A super-earth orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-4336 A, located approximately 73.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.55 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 7.587 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0509 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 400 K (126 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 73.53 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.736
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,296,763 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-4336 A

TOI-4336 A c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-4336 A c this Super-Earth 1.25 1.55 7.587 400 2026
TOI-4336 A b Sub-Neptune 2.14 3.33 16.336 309 2024

TOI-4336 A c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.112 R♃
Mass
1.55 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.005 M♃
Density
4.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.736
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2026
Method Transit
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1160of 1176

top 98.6%

This planet

1.25R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4336 A c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.55317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004.240.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1.550 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 166184428

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6113245033656232448

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6113245033656232448

System

TOI-4336

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.251 R⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1176
Mass 1.550 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 7.59 d · percentile 55 / cohort 1164
Distance 22.55 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.736 · percentile 86 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.587 days
Semi-major axis
0.0509 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.64 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.59 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0509 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

1.740 h

Impact parameter b

0.210

Rp / R★

0.035200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,333.2931

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.035200

Impact parameter (b)

0.210

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.114 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,333.2931

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.26000

Eq. Temperature

400K

(126 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.736

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. 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

Parc et al. 2026

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2026-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TOI-4336 A

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,307 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.326 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.306 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.897 dex

Stellar density

12.450 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

18.38 km/s

Rotation period

35.50 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
22.55 parsec
Light-years 73.53 ly
V-band magnitude
13.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,296,763 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 10 bands

7.913.613.60V12.26Gaia11.02TESS9.45J8.87H8.63K8.48W18.33W28.22W37.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

44.326 mas

Total Proper Motion

166.499 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

151.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

69.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.684 · y = -0.335 · z = -0.647

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 206.10701° · Dec -40.33735°

Galactic ℓ, b

313.747° · 21.419°

Ecliptic λ, β

219.545° · -27.416°

HTM-20 index

1544241962

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