Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-4364 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-4364, located approximately 143.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.01 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.16 g
  • An orbital period of 5.424 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0475 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 488 K (215 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 143.40 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.550
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,528,831 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-4364 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.01 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.179 R♃
Mass
4.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.015 M♃
Density
3.18 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.16 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.550
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

#1940of 1978

top 98.0%

This planet

2.01R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4364 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.181.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.162.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0013.330.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 4070275

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3210444215030339584

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3210444215030339584

System

TOI-4364

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.010 R⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1978
Mass 4.700 M⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.42 d · percentile 14 / cohort 1946
Distance 43.97 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.550 · percentile 76 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.424 days
Semi-major axis
0.0475 AU
Eccentricity
0.290
Inclination
88.68 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.42 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0475 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.178 %

Duration

1.600 h

Rp / R★

0.039400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,439.3428

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,780 ppm lasting ≈ 1.60 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.039400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

21.830

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,439.3428

Long. of periastron (ω)

-190.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.08000

Eq. Temperature

488K

(215 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

13.33

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.550

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Distler et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4364

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,528 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.71 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.468 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.487 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.785 dex

Stellar density

6.690 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

44.77 km/s

Rotation period

10.57 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
43.97 parsec
Light-years 143.40 ly
V-band magnitude
13.56 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,528,831 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.815.115.06B13.56V12.55Gaia11.40TESS9.95J9.31H9.08K8.95W18.86W28.76W38.83W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

22.716 mas

Total Proper Motion

77.799 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

64.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

43.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.172 · y = 0.982 · z = -0.074

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 80.06693° · Dec -4.23925°

Galactic ℓ, b

206.086° · -22.181°

Ecliptic λ, β

78.834° · -27.294°

HTM-20 index

-200535343

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