Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-6041 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-6041, located approximately 236.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 77.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.71 g
  • An orbital period of 88.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3721 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 404 K (130 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 236.38 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.311
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,168,479 years

1 sibling around TOI-6041

TOI-6041 c 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-6041 b Neptune-like 4.55 28.90 26.049 606 2025
TOI-6041 c this Gas Giant 10.50 77.90 88.000 404 2025

TOI-6041 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.938 R♃
Mass
77.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.245 M♃
Density
0.37 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.71 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.311
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1731of 1771

top 97.7%

This planet

10.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-6041 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0077.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.371.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.712.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004.420.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 77.900 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 192415680

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 432549871529588608

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 432549871529588608

System

TOI-6041

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.500 R⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1771
Mass 77.900 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 88.00 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1533
Distance 72.47 pc · percentile 29 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.311 · percentile 61 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
88.000 days
Semi-major axis
0.3721 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 88.00 Earth days (24.1% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.3721 AU.

Eq. Temperature

404K

(130 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4.42

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.311

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Heidari et al. 2025

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2025-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TOI-6041

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,445 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.879 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.885 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.498 dex

Stellar density

1.840 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.40 km/s

Rotation period

23.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.700

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
72.47 parsec
Light-years 236.38 ly
V-band magnitude
9.84 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,168,479 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.010.710.68B9.84V9.71Gaia9.21TESS8.50J8.13H8.06K8.02W18.07W28.02W37.96W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.769 mas

Total Proper Motion

97.559 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

71.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

-66.08 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.503 · y = 0.522 · z = 0.689

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 46.06103° · Dec 43.55767°

Galactic ℓ, b

146.968° · -13.030°

Ecliptic λ, β

56.257° · 25.129°

HTM-20 index

386286923

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