Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

TOI-5788 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-5788, located approximately 318.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.53 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.72 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.59 g
  • An orbital period of 6.341 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0640 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 910 K (637 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 318.37 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.332
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,614,524 years

1 sibling around TOI-5788

TOI-5788 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-5788 b this Super-Earth 1.53 3.72 6.341 910 2026
TOI-5788 c Sub-Neptune 2.27 6.40 16.213 667 2026

TOI-5788 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.53 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.136 R♃
Mass
3.72 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
5.73 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.332
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

#703of 1176

top 59.7%

This planet

1.53R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5788 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.72317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.731.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00175.100.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.720 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 42883782

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2042653052618584960

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2042653052618584960

System

TOI-5788

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.528 R⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.720 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 6.34 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1164
Distance 97.61 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.332 · percentile 46 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.341 days
Semi-major axis
0.0640 AU
Eccentricity
0.061
Inclination
87.94 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.34 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0640 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.033 %

Duration

3.341 h

Rp / R★

0.016100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,611.7425

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 330 ppm lasting ≈ 3.34 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016100

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.420 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,611.7425

Long. of periastron (ω)

96.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.65600

Eq. Temperature

910K

(637 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

175.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.332

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Lakeland et al. 2026

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2026-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5788

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,615 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.72 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.870 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.870 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.32

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.420 dex

Stellar density

1.889 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-59.36 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.940

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
97.61 parsec
Light-years 318.37 ly
V-band magnitude
10.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,614,524 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.310.810.83B10.15V10.06Gaia9.61TESS8.95J8.66H8.58K8.55W18.59W28.53W38.28W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.216 mas

Total Proper Motion

120.921 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

17.20 mas/yr

PM Declination

119.69 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.255 · y = -0.811 · z = 0.526

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.42490° · Dec 31.76153°

Galactic ℓ, b

63.437° · 10.358°

Ecliptic λ, β

295.450° · 53.672°

HTM-20 index

-625989599

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