Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-4734 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4734, located approximately 1,836.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.92 Earth radii
  • A mass of 61.66 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.52 g
  • An orbital period of 6.236 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0740 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,468 K (1195 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,836.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.078
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,386,324 years

TOI-4734 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.92 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.974 R♃
Mass
61.66 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.194 M♃
Density
0.26 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.52 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.078
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

#1671of 1771

top 94.3%

This planet

10.92R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4734 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.9211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0061.66317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.261.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.522.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00775.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 61.659 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 97714451

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3343402074506386176

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3343402074506386176

System

TOI-4734

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.918 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1771
Mass 61.659 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 6.24 d · percentile 40 / cohort 1533
Distance 563.07 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.078 · percentile 17 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.236 days
Semi-major axis
0.0740 AU
Eccentricity
0.120
Inclination
89.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.24 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0740 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.291 %

Duration

5.813 h

Impact parameter b

0.120

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,710.2380

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,908 ppm lasting ≈ 5.81 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.590

Impact parameter (b)

0.120

RV semi-amplitude (K)

17.300 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,710.2380

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13100

Eq. Temperature

1,468K

(1195 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

775.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.078

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-4734

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,070 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.857 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.391 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.29

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.046 dex

Stellar density

0.309 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
563.07 parsec
Light-years 1,836.48 ly
V-band magnitude
12.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,386,324 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.813.213.23B12.36V12.38Gaia11.90TESS11.22J10.93H10.85K10.83W110.88W210.88W38.78W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.750 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.432 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.006 · y = 0.976 · z = 0.217

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 90.35812° · Dec 12.54788°

Galactic ℓ, b

196.023° · -5.105°

Ecliptic λ, β

90.352° · -10.891°

HTM-20 index

883303076

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