Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-5882 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-5882, located approximately 1,357.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.47 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6,995.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 53.20 g
  • An orbital period of 7.149 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0804 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,515 K (1242 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,357.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.076
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,933,307 years

TOI-5882 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.47 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.023 R♃
Mass
6,995.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
22.010 M♃
Density
25.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
53.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.076
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

#1593of 1771

top 89.9%

This planet

11.47R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-5882 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.4711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006,995.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5125.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0053.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004,792.500.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6,995.403 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 232941965

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1869489729418662528

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1869489729418662528

System

TOI-5882

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.467 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1771
Mass 6,995.403 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 7.15 d · percentile 41 / cohort 1533
Distance 416.10 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.076 · percentile 16 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.149 days
Semi-major axis
0.0804 AU
Eccentricity
0.034
Inclination
88.56 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.15 Earth days (2.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0804 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.190 %

Duration

7.126 h

Impact parameter b

0.190

Rp / R★

0.046500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,768.8621

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,900 ppm lasting ≈ 7.13 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.046500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.660

Impact parameter (b)

0.190

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1,895.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,768.8621

Long. of periastron (ω)

104.70°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19300

Eq. Temperature

1,515K

(1242 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4,792.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.076

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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

Vowell et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-5882

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,920 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.11 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.260 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.334 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.856 dex

Stellar density

0.164 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
416.10 parsec
Light-years 1,357.15 ly
V-band magnitude
11.32 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,933,307 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.612.011.97B11.32V11.11Gaia10.63TESS9.99J9.74H9.62K9.57W19.60W29.66W38.64W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.375 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.133 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.12 mas/yr

PM Declination

-17.04 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.549 · y = -0.612 · z = 0.570

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 311.88864° · Dec 34.73749°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.728° · -5.455°

Ecliptic λ, β

328.619° · 50.009°

HTM-20 index

-1515471649

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