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TOI-5789 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange TOI-5789, located approximately 66.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.61 g
  • An orbital period of 12.928 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1009 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 718 K (445 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 66.73 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.307
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,176,701 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

3 siblings around TOI-5789

TOI-5789 c shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TOI-5789 b Super-Earth 1.26 2.12 2.764 1,201 2026
TOI-5789 c this Sub-Neptune 2.86 5.00 12.928 718
TOI-5789 d Super-Earth 1.91 4.29 29.650 545 2026
TOI-5789 e Sub-Neptune 3.43 11.61 62.980 424 2026

TOI-5789 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.255 R♃
Mass
5.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
1.16 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.61 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.307
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

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

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#671of 1978

top 33.9%

This planet

2.86R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5789 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.161.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.612.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.008.720.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 5.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 191785

HIP

HIP 99452

TIC

TIC 87216634

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1809360187271699584

System

TOI-5789

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.860 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.000 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 12.93 d · percentile 44 / cohort 1946
Distance 20.46 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.307 · percentile 30 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.928 days
Semi-major axis
0.1009 AU
Eccentricity
0.067
Inclination
88.02 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.93 Earth days (3.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1009 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.079 %

Duration

2.019 h

Impact parameter b

0.903

Rp / R★

0.031400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,460,151.1587

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 790 ppm lasting ≈ 2.02 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.031400

Impact parameter (b)

0.903

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.560 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,151.1587

Angular separation (arcsec)

4.93000

Eq. Temperature

718K

(445 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

8.72

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.307

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

Bonomo et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5789

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,185 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.833 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.821 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.511 dex

Stellar density

2.000 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-49.32 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.20 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.153

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
20.46 parsec
Light-years 66.73 ly
V-band magnitude
7.35 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,176,701 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

5.48.28.16B7.35V7.10Gaia6.57TESS5.83J5.42H5.35K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

48.852 mas

Total Proper Motion

575.094 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-414.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

398.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.520 · y = -0.807 · z = 0.279

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 302.77345° · Dec 16.18971°

Galactic ℓ, b

56.682° · -9.438°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.527° · 35.240°

HTM-20 index

1705062875

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

Stellar spectra

3

Archive notes

1

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