Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-4487 A b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4487 A, located approximately 1,562.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.61 Earth radii
  • A mass of 397.29 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.86 g
  • An orbital period of 3.954 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0545 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,639 K (1366 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,562.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.076
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 27,559,274 years

TOI-4487 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.61 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.303 R♃
Mass
397.29 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.250 M♃
Density
0.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.86 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.076
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

#268of 1771

top 15.1%

This planet

14.61R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4487 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.6111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00397.29317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.862.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,203.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 397.286 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 193754373

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2083061376251298688

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2083061376251298688

System

TOI-4487

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.605 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1771
Mass 397.286 M⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.95 d · percentile 28 / cohort 1533
Distance 479.15 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.076 · percentile 16 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.954 days
Semi-major axis
0.0545 AU
Eccentricity
0.083
Inclination
86.85 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.95 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0545 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.669 %

Duration

4.270 h

Impact parameter b

0.394

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,460,079.0200

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,690 ppm lasting ≈ 4.27 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.160

Impact parameter (b)

0.394

RV semi-amplitude (K)

130.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,079.0200

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11400

Eq. Temperature

1,639K

(1366 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,203.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.076

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-4487 A

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,206 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.45 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.634 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.378 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.150 dex

Stellar density

0.445 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
479.15 parsec
Light-years 1,562.76 ly
V-band magnitude
12.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 27,559,274 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.512.712.74B12.11V11.93Gaia11.49TESS10.86J10.62H10.56K10.48W110.52W210.51W38.52W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.059 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.425 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.62 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.41 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.413 · y = -0.559 · z = 0.719

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 306.42208° · Dec 45.97103°

Galactic ℓ, b

83.203° · 4.622°

Ecliptic λ, β

331.169° · 61.899°

HTM-20 index

1968466547

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