Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-5181 A b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-5181 A, located approximately 1,566.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.35 Earth radii
  • A mass of 330.54 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.85 g
  • An orbital period of 3.892 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0522 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,585 K (1312 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,566.05 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.082
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 27,617,367 years

TOI-5181 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.35 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.191 R♃
Mass
330.54 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.040 M♃
Density
0.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.85 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.082
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

#786of 1771

top 44.3%

This planet

13.35R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5181 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00330.54317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.852.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,053.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 330.542 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 346667887

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4531901709506539776

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4531901709506539776

System

TOI-5181

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.350 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 330.542 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.89 d · percentile 28 / cohort 1533
Distance 480.16 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.082 · percentile 19 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.892 days
Semi-major axis
0.0522 AU
Eccentricity
0.150
Inclination
83.68 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.89 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0522 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.640 %

Duration

2.945 h

Impact parameter b

0.806

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,460,100.7309

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,400 ppm lasting ≈ 2.95 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.320

Impact parameter (b)

0.806

RV semi-amplitude (K)

115.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,100.7309

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10900

Eq. Temperature

1,585K

(1312 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,053.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.082

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-5181 A

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,060 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.530 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.250 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.163 dex

Stellar density

0.489 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
480.16 parsec
Light-years 1,566.05 ly
V-band magnitude
12.30 mag
Voyager-speed travel 27,617,367 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.713.413.35B12.30V12.22Gaia11.72TESS11.03J10.70H10.63K10.53W110.56W210.49W38.74W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.054 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.719 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.26 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.80 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.172 · y = -0.913 · z = 0.370

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 280.67747° · Dec 21.69982°

Galactic ℓ, b

51.558° · 11.542°

Ecliptic λ, β

283.993° · 44.622°

HTM-20 index

-9719384

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