Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

TOI-5007 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-5007, located approximately 663.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.07 Earth radii
  • A mass of 211.04 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.72 g
  • An orbital period of 2.543 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0307 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 774 K (501 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 663.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.195
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,696,320 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5007 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.07 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.988 R♃
Mass
211.04 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.664 M♃
Density
0.85 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.195
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

#1659of 1771

top 93.6%

This planet

11.07R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5007 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.0711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00211.04317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.851.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0085.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 211.038 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 424196109

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5833386583912265728

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5833386583912265728

System

TOI-5007

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.074 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1771
Mass 211.038 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.54 d · percentile 11 / cohort 1533
Distance 203.35 pc · percentile 51 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.195 · percentile 39 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.543 days
Semi-major axis
0.0307 AU
Eccentricity
0.074
Inclination
84.86 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.54 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0307 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.130 %

Duration

34.610 h

Impact parameter b

0.836

Rp / R★

0.154700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,460,068.8110

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 21,300 ppm lasting ≈ 34.61 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.154700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.050

Impact parameter (b)

0.836

RV semi-amplitude (K)

131.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,068.8110

Long. of periastron (ω)

95.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15100

Eq. Temperature

774K

(501 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

85.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.195

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.

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

Dransfield et al. 2026

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2026-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5007

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,793 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.656 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.632 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.43

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.604 dex

Stellar density

3.460 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
203.35 parsec
Light-years 663.24 ly
V-band magnitude
15.33 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,696,320 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.117.717.72B15.33V14.65Gaia13.64TESS12.23J11.52H11.31K11.23W111.27W211.16W39.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.889 mas

Total Proper Motion

32.782 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-13.45 mas/yr

PM Declination

-29.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.270 · y = -0.402 · z = -0.875

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 236.06387° · Dec -61.04136°

Galactic ℓ, b

322.363° · -4.869°

Ecliptic λ, β

249.330° · -40.014°

HTM-20 index

1662590416

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