Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-512 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-512, located approximately 219.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.54 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.51 g
  • An orbital period of 7.189 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,009 K (736 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 219.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.298
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,876,543 years

TOI-512 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.54 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.137 R♃
Mass
3.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
5.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.51 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.298
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

#670of 1176

top 56.9%

This planet

1.54R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-512 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.512.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00127.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.570 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 119292328

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5574111674620962688

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5574111674620962688

System

TOI-512

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.540 R⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.570 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 7.19 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1164
Distance 67.40 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.298 · percentile 37 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.189 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.020
Inclination
88.92 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.19 Earth days (2.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.025 %

Duration

3.310 h

Impact parameter b

0.300

Rp / R★

0.015700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,471.2120

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 246 ppm lasting ≈ 3.31 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015700

Impact parameter (b)

0.300

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.540 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,471.2120

Long. of periastron (ω)

-54.00°

Eq. Temperature

1,009K

(736 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

127.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.298

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

Rodrigues et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-512

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,277 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.23 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.890 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.740 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.350 dex

Stellar density

1.886 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

68.08 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.63 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.100

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
67.40 parsec
Light-years 219.82 ly
V-band magnitude
9.74 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,876,543 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.810.510.51B9.74V9.48Gaia8.98TESS8.26J7.94H7.80K7.76W17.82W27.79W37.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

14.808 mas

Total Proper Motion

109.060 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

-109.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.090 · y = 0.776 · z = -0.624

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 96.64670° · Dec -38.60721°

Galactic ℓ, b

246.564° · -21.087°

Ecliptic λ, β

101.028° · -61.792°

HTM-20 index

-1758491619

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