Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-4794 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-4794, located approximately 1,771.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.36 Earth radii
  • A mass of 308.29 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.50 g
  • An orbital period of 3.566 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0492 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,673 K (1400 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,771.05 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.072
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 31,232,521 years

TOI-4794 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.36 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.281 R♃
Mass
308.29 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.970 M♃
Density
0.57 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.50 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.072
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

#295of 1771

top 16.6%

This planet

14.36R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-4794 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.3611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00308.29317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.571.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.502.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,310.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 308.294 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 95589845

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3034394776886475520

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3034394776886475520

System

TOI-4794

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.359 R⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1771
Mass 308.294 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.57 d · percentile 24 / cohort 1533
Distance 543.01 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.072 · percentile 14 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.566 days
Semi-major axis
0.0492 AU
Eccentricity
0.100
Inclination
88.60 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.57 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0492 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.823 %

Duration

4.015 h

Impact parameter b

0.180

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,889.6895

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,230 ppm lasting ≈ 4.02 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.320

Impact parameter (b)

0.180

RV semi-amplitude (K)

111.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,889.6895

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09060

Eq. Temperature

1,673K

(1400 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,310.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.072

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-4794

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,390 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.451 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.250 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.215 dex

Stellar density

0.583 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
543.01 parsec
Light-years 1,771.05 ly
V-band magnitude
12.56 mag
Voyager-speed travel 31,232,521 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.713.313.28B12.56V12.45Gaia12.05TESS11.43J11.19H11.12K11.04W111.08W211.04W38.66W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.814 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.666 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.43 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.342 · y = 0.914 · z = -0.218

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 110.48355° · Dec -12.56548°

Galactic ℓ, b

227.569° · 0.919°

Ecliptic λ, β

114.414° · -34.285°

HTM-20 index

1844008381

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