Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-5300 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TOI-5300, located approximately 530.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 190.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.96 g
  • An orbital period of 2.262 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0295 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,043 K (770 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 530.04 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.153
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,347,186 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5300 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.880 R♃
Mass
190.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.600 M♃
Density
1.10 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.96 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.153
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

#12of 574

top 1.9%

This planet

9.86R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5300 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00190.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.101.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.962.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00198.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 190.697 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 267215820

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2642766361608754432

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2642766361608754432

System

TOI-5300

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.864 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 574
Mass 190.697 M⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 574
Orbital period 2.26 d · percentile 2 / cohort 524
Distance 162.51 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 572
ESI 0.153 · percentile 15 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.262 days
Semi-major axis
0.0295 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.26 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0295 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.447 %

Duration

2.360 h

Impact parameter b

0.130

Rp / R★

0.138900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,470.4174

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 24,470 ppm lasting ≈ 2.36 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.138900

Impact parameter (b)

0.130

RV semi-amplitude (K)

121.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,470.4174

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.18200

Eq. Temperature

1,043K

(770 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

198.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.153

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. 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

Frensch et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5300

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,610 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.650 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.670 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.640 dex

Stellar density

3.003 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-66.61 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

31.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
162.51 parsec
Light-years 530.04 ly
V-band magnitude
13.87 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,347,186 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.317.117.14U15.02B13.87V13.23Gaia12.46TESS15.76Sloan g13.30Sloan r14.40Sloan i13.54Sloan z11.33J10.71H10.57K10.51W110.57W210.48W38.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.125 mas

Total Proper Motion

46.915 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

16.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

-44.05 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.998 · y = -0.061 · z = 0.008

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 356.48114° · Dec 0.45880°

Galactic ℓ, b

90.548° · -58.233°

Ecliptic λ, β

356.949° · 1.820°

HTM-20 index

-1701294394

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