Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-5726.01

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-5726, located approximately 355.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.55 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.05 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.08 g
  • An orbital period of 5.491 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0622 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,093 K (820 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 355.01 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.225
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,260,677 years

TOI-5726.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.55 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.228 R♃
Mass
7.05 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.022 M♃
Density
2.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.225
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1100of 1978

top 55.6%

This planet

2.55R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5726.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.05317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00338.950.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 71582156

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1097091022864217472

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1097091022864217472

System

TOI-5726

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.554 R⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.050 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.49 d · percentile 15 / cohort 1946
Distance 108.85 pc · percentile 21 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.225 · percentile 11 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.491 days
Semi-major axis
0.0622 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.49 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0622 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.045 %

Duration

1.887 h

Rp / R★

0.021010

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,843.5951

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 449 ppm lasting ≈ 1.89 h.

Eq. Temperature

1,093K

(820 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

338.95

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.225

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Crossfield et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5726

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,874 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.106 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.060 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
108.85 parsec
Light-years 355.01 ly
V-band magnitude
9.74 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,260,677 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.310.410.37B9.74V9.58Gaia9.16TESS8.60J8.31H8.23K8.24W18.27W28.18W37.29W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.158 mas

Total Proper Motion

67.059 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-44.62 mas/yr

PM Declination

-50.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.201 · y = 0.305 · z = 0.931

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 123.39505° · Dec 68.57459°

Galactic ℓ, b

146.884° · 32.583°

Ecliptic λ, β

107.182° · 47.119°

HTM-20 index

15798283

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