Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-5817 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-5817, located approximately 263.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.08 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 15.610 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1223 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 950 K (677 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 263.38 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.245
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,644,788 years

TOI-5817 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.08 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.275 R♃
Mass
10.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.032 M♃
Density
1.93 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.245
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

#448of 1978

top 22.6%

This planet

3.08R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5817 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.0811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.931.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00126.860.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 10.300 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 204660

HIP

HIP 106097

TIC

TIC 418604868

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1790807028049001600

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1790807028049001600

System

TOI-5817

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.080 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.300 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 15.61 d · percentile 52 / cohort 1946
Distance 80.75 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.245 · percentile 15 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.610 days
Semi-major axis
0.1223 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
88.72 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.61 Earth days (4.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1223 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.047 %

Duration

6.000 h

Impact parameter b

0.410

Rp / R★

0.019800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,799.3065

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 467 ppm lasting ≈ 6.00 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.019800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.440

Impact parameter (b)

0.410

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.690 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,799.3065

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.51000

Eq. Temperature

950K

(677 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

126.86

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.245

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

Naponiello et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5817

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,770 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.427 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.120 dex

Stellar density

0.470 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.20 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.950

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
80.75 parsec
Light-years 263.38 ly
V-band magnitude
8.64 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,644,788 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.09.39.27B8.64V8.48Gaia8.06TESS7.42J7.19H7.08K6.98W17.07W27.05W37.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.355 mas

Total Proper Motion

90.425 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

-89.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.737 · y = -0.568 · z = 0.366

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 322.37780° · Dec 21.47453°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.624° · -21.105°

Ecliptic λ, β

332.995° · 34.184°

HTM-20 index

-745331673

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