Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-5386 A b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-5386 A, located approximately 1,286.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.71 Earth radii
  • A mass of 155.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.72 g
  • An orbital period of 3.622 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0486 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,488 K (1215 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,286.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.072
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,689,891 years

TOI-5386 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.71 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.312 R♃
Mass
155.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.488 M♃
Density
0.27 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.072
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

#259of 1771

top 14.6%

This planet

14.71R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5386 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.7111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00155.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.271.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00817.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 155.100 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 202425357

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1616054670018575872

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1616054670018575872

System

TOI-5386

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.706 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1771
Mass 155.100 M⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.62 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1533
Distance 394.49 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.072 · percentile 14 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.622 days
Semi-major axis
0.0486 AU
Eccentricity
0.072
Inclination
83.95 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.62 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0486 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.172 %

Duration

2.223 h

Impact parameter b

0.884

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,621.2824

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,720 ppm lasting ≈ 2.22 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.384

Impact parameter (b)

0.884

RV semi-amplitude (K)

58.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,621.2824

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12300

Eq. Temperature

1,488K

(1215 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

817.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.072

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-5386 A

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,094 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.245 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.165 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.314 dex

Stellar density

0.850 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
394.49 parsec
Light-years 1,286.64 ly
V-band magnitude
11.55 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,689,891 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.814.814.81U12.49B11.55V11.76Gaia11.35TESS12.32Sloan g14.28Sloan r11.74Sloan i12.00Sloan z10.77J10.46H10.41K10.38W110.43W210.35W38.83W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.507 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.279 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-16.15 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.341 · y = -0.354 · z = 0.871

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 226.10692° · Dec 60.53623°

Galactic ℓ, b

98.269° · 49.740°

Ecliptic λ, β

176.452° · 70.021°

HTM-20 index

-125746944

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