Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-6628 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-6628, located approximately 1,045.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.98 Earth radii
  • A mass of 235.19 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.95 g
  • An orbital period of 18.184 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1340 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 833 K (560 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,045.42 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.185
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,435,946 years

TOI-6628 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.98 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.980 R♃
Mass
235.19 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.740 M♃
Density
0.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.185
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

#1666of 1771

top 94.0%

This planet

10.98R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-6628 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.9811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00235.19317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0020.090.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 235.193 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 75650448

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6200734415129509504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6200734415129509504

System

TOI-6628

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.985 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1771
Mass 235.193 M⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 18.18 d · percentile 47 / cohort 1533
Distance 320.53 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.185 · percentile 39 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.184 days
Semi-major axis
0.1340 AU
Eccentricity
0.670
Inclination
88.19 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.18 Earth days (5.0% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1340 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.934 %

Duration

3.696 h

Impact parameter b

0.811

Rp / R★

0.100000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,602.7210

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 9,343 ppm lasting ≈ 3.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.100000

Impact parameter (b)

0.811

RV semi-amplitude (K)

78.910 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,602.7210

Long. of periastron (ω)

215.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.41800

Eq. Temperature

833K

(560 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

20.09

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.185

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

Tala Pinto et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-6628

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,463 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.010 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.36

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.416 dex

Stellar density

1.326 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.13 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.998

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
320.53 parsec
Light-years 1,045.42 ly
V-band magnitude
12.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,435,946 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.413.813.79B12.90V12.64Gaia12.08TESS11.32J10.94H10.84K10.77W110.83W210.78W38.39W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.093 mas

Total Proper Motion

34.133 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-30.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.95 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.569 · y = -0.586 · z = -0.577

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 225.83705° · Dec -35.23058°

Galactic ℓ, b

331.228° · 20.292°

Ecliptic λ, β

233.425° · -17.228°

HTM-20 index

-93570275

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