Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-5573 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TOI-5573, located approximately 608.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.75 Earth radii
  • A mass of 112.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.18 g
  • An orbital period of 8.798 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0712 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 528 K (255 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 608.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.279
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,730,600 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-5573 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.75 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.870 R♃
Mass
112.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.350 M♃
Density
0.66 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.279
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

#22of 574

top 3.7%

This planet

9.75R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5573 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.7511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00112.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.661.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0012.920.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 112.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 459762279

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1023967108705998208

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1023967108706495360

System

TOI-5573

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.750 R⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 574
Mass 112.000 M⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 574
Orbital period 8.80 d · percentile 34 / cohort 524
Distance 186.56 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 572
ESI 0.279 · percentile 45 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.798 days
Semi-major axis
0.0712 AU
Eccentricity
0.072
Inclination
89.01 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.80 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0712 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.309 %

Duration

2.760 h

Impact parameter b

0.430

Rp / R★

0.150000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,600.4508

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 23,090 ppm lasting ≈ 2.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.150000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

25.740

Impact parameter (b)

0.430

RV semi-amplitude (K)

47.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,600.4508

Long. of periastron (ω)

32.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.38200

Eq. Temperature

528K

(255 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

12.92

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.279

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

Fernandes et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5573

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,790 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.594 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.619 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.42

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.680 dex

Stellar density

4.080 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
186.56 parsec
Light-years 608.48 ly
V-band magnitude
15.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,730,600 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.819.018.97U17.06B15.51V14.67Gaia13.63TESS16.32Sloan g14.90Sloan r15.31Sloan i13.59Sloan z12.31J11.65H11.45K11.34W111.37W211.43W38.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.332 mas

Total Proper Motion

57.096 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.63 mas/yr

PM Declination

-56.98 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.412 · y = 0.392 · z = 0.822

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 136.42600° · Dec 55.30713°

Galactic ℓ, b

161.808° · 40.919°

Ecliptic λ, β

120.969° · 36.749°

HTM-20 index

157706843

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