Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-4773 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4773, located approximately 1,607.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.22 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,687.67 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 7.28 g
  • An orbital period of 1.745 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0322 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,255 K (1982 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,607.58 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.061
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,349,738 years

TOI-4773 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.22 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.358 R♃
Mass
1,687.67 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.310 M♃
Density
2.63 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
7.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.061
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

#219of 1771

top 12.3%

This planet

15.22R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4773 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.2211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,687.67317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.631.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.007.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003,879.810.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,687.669 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 415276070

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5715145275211633792

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5715145275211633792

System

TOI-4773

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.222 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,687.669 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.75 d · percentile 5 / cohort 1533
Distance 492.89 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.061 · percentile 9 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.745 days
Semi-major axis
0.0322 AU
Eccentricity
0.024
Inclination
78.64 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.75 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0322 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.751 %

Duration

1.961 h

Impact parameter b

0.886

Rp / R★

0.090100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,673.5400

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,510 ppm lasting ≈ 1.96 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.090100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.460

Impact parameter (b)

0.886

RV semi-amplitude (K)

684.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,673.5400

Long. of periastron (ω)

-113.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06520

Eq. Temperature

2,255K

(1982 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3,879.81

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.061

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

Schulte et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-4773

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,740 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.07 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.550 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.452 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.220 dex

Stellar density

0.550 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

15.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
492.89 parsec
Light-years 1,607.58 ly
V-band magnitude
12.08 mag
Voyager-speed travel 28,349,738 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.012.112.12B12.08V11.72Gaia11.40TESS10.94J10.77H10.72K10.67W110.70W210.79W38.95W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.001 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.076 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.90 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.66 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.392 · y = 0.844 · z = -0.366

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 114.94265° · Dec -21.48562°

Galactic ℓ, b

237.439° · 0.363°

Ecliptic λ, β

121.979° · -42.195°

HTM-20 index

-280493079

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