Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-5108 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-5108, located approximately 427.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 32.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.73 g
  • An orbital period of 6.754 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0730 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,180 K (907 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 427.00 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.134
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,530,148 years

TOI-5108 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.589 R♃
Mass
32.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.101 M♃
Density
0.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.73 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.134
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

#230of 574

top 39.9%

This planet

6.60R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5108 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0032.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.732.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00122.790.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 32.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 54186

TIC

TIC 350348197

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3868491612036282752

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3868491612036282752

System

TOI-5108

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.600 R⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 574
Mass 32.000 M⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 574
Orbital period 6.75 d · percentile 27 / cohort 524
Distance 130.92 pc · percentile 29 / cohort 572
ESI 0.134 · percentile 8 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.754 days
Semi-major axis
0.0730 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
85.91 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.75 Earth days (1.8% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0730 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.174 %

Duration

2.200 h

Impact parameter b

0.871

Rp / R★

0.047200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,569.4778

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,740 ppm lasting ≈ 2.20 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.047200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.871

RV semi-amplitude (K)

9.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,569.4778

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.55800

Eq. Temperature

1,180K

(907 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

122.79

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.134

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

Thomas et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5108

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,808 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.290 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.100 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.260 dex

Stellar density

0.745 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
130.92 parsec
Light-years 427.00 ly
V-band magnitude
9.75 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,530,148 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.213.813.85U10.37B9.75V9.61Gaia9.18TESS10.15Sloan g9.61Sloan r9.52Sloan i9.93Sloan z8.61J8.41H8.30K8.23W18.29W28.25W38.35W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.611 mas

Total Proper Motion

82.056 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

67.55 mas/yr

PM Declination

-46.58 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.953 · y = 0.233 · z = 0.195

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 166.26950° · Dec 11.24641°

Galactic ℓ, b

240.208° · 60.401°

Ecliptic λ, β

163.003° · 4.953°

HTM-20 index

460813678

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