Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

TOI-4529 b

A super-earth orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-4529, located approximately 92.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.77 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.56 g
  • An orbital period of 5.880 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 511 K (238 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 92.58 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.564
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,632,580 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-4529 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.77 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.158 R♃
Mass
4.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.015 M♃
Density
4.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.56 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.564
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2026
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#293of 1176

top 24.8%

This planet

1.77R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4529 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.562.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0014.610.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4.900 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 384888319

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2584622022068408576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2584622022068408576

System

TOI-4529

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.770 R⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.900 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 5.88 d · percentile 46 / cohort 1164
Distance 28.38 pc · percentile 6 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.564 · percentile 79 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.880 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
88.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.88 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.135 %

Duration

2.078 h

Impact parameter b

0.320

Rp / R★

0.033800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,701.3329

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,353 ppm lasting ≈ 2.08 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.033800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

21.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.320

RV semi-amplitude (K)

0.950 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,701.3329

Eq. Temperature

511K

(238 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

14.61

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.564

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

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2026-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4529

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,697 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.480 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.482 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.610 dex

Stellar density

6.100 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

20.70 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
28.38 parsec
Light-years 92.58 ly
V-band magnitude
12.21 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,632,580 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

8.013.613.60B12.21V11.22Gaia10.14TESS8.79J8.18H7.95K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

35.202 mas

Total Proper Motion

277.063 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

276.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.64 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.932 · y = 0.285 · z = 0.223

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 16.96885° · Dec 12.88095°

Galactic ℓ, b

129.144° · -49.792°

Ecliptic λ, β

20.555° · 5.242°

HTM-20 index

1199312109

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