Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

TOI-5292 A b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-5292 A, located approximately 1,099.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.64 Earth radii
  • A mass of 412.86 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.58 g
  • An orbital period of 2.022 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0279 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 809 K (536 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,099.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.187
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,388,898 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5292 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.64 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.128 R♃
Mass
412.86 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.299 M♃
Density
1.12 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.58 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.187
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

#1177of 1771

top 66.4%

This planet

12.64R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5292 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00412.86317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.121.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.582.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00102.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 412.859 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 33397739

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2610422023759160576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2610422023759160576

System

TOI-5292

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.644 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1771
Mass 412.859 M⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.02 d · percentile 7 / cohort 1533
Distance 337.10 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.187 · percentile 39 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.022 days
Semi-major axis
0.0279 AU
Eccentricity
0.034
Inclination
88.87 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.02 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0279 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

4.403 %

Duration

45.220 h

Impact parameter b

0.199

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,460,551.1467

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 44,030 ppm lasting ≈ 45.22 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.820

Impact parameter (b)

0.199

RV semi-amplitude (K)

311.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,551.1467

Long. of periastron (ω)

227.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08280

Eq. Temperature

809K

(536 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

102.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.187

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-5292 A

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,919 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.611 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.596 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.33

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.642 dex

Stellar density

4.120 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
337.10 parsec
Light-years 1,099.46 ly
V-band magnitude
16.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,388,898 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.518.318.33B16.42V15.91Gaia14.90TESS13.63J12.96H12.78K12.69W112.68W211.51W38.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.940 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.086 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.70 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.87 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.953 · y = -0.269 · z = -0.141

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 344.22236° · Dec -8.11975°

Galactic ℓ, b

62.619° · -56.897°

Ecliptic λ, β

342.345° · -1.290°

HTM-20 index

1780737611

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