Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

TOI-5349 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-5349, located approximately 614.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 127.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • An orbital period of 3.318 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0369 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 719 K (446 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 614.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.206
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,832,636 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5349 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.910 R♃
Mass
127.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.400 M♃
Density
0.66 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.206
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

#1751of 1771

top 98.8%

This planet

10.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5349 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00127.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.661.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0044.500.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 127.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26054627

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 58372904816938240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 58372904816938240

System

TOI-5349

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.200 R⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1771
Mass 127.400 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.32 d · percentile 20 / cohort 1533
Distance 188.34 pc · percentile 49 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.206 · percentile 40 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.318 days
Semi-major axis
0.0369 AU
Eccentricity
0.030
Inclination
87.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.32 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0369 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.501 %

Duration

1.950 h

Impact parameter b

0.510

Rp / R★

0.161000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,521.8184

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 25,010 ppm lasting ≈ 1.95 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.161000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.510

RV semi-amplitude (K)

76.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,521.8184

Long. of periastron (ω)

-50.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19600

Eq. Temperature

719K

(446 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

44.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.206

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

Sandoval et al. 2026

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2026-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5349

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,751 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.580 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.610 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.50

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.720 dex

Stellar density

4.400 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

40.42 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
188.34 parsec
Light-years 614.27 ly
V-band magnitude
15.69 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,832,636 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.917.217.24B15.69V14.89Gaia13.81TESS12.43J11.73H11.51K11.43W111.45W211.31W38.93W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.282 mas

Total Proper Motion

41.893 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

37.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

-19.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.566 · y = 0.743 · z = 0.356

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 52.71257° · Dec 20.87963°

Galactic ℓ, b

165.834° · -28.415°

Ecliptic λ, β

55.503° · 1.794°

HTM-20 index

-688117910

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