Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-6695 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white TOI-6695, located approximately 921.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.53 Earth radii
  • A mass of 66.74 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.74 g
  • An orbital period of 80.389 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4020 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 599 K (326 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 921.51 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.229
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,250,795 years

1 sibling around TOI-6695

TOI-6695 b 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-6695 b this Neptune-like 9.53 66.74 80.389 599 2025
TOI-6695 c Gas Giant 13.60 460.85 242.400 415 2025

TOI-6695 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.53 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.850 R♃
Mass
66.74 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.210 M♃
Density
0.41 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.74 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.229
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

#44of 574

top 7.5%

This planet

9.53R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-6695 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.5311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0066.74317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.411.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.742.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0085.940.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 66.744 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 118339710

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5701679002245319296

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5701679002245319296

System

TOI-6695

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.528 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 574
Mass 66.744 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 574
Orbital period 80.39 d · percentile 78 / cohort 524
Distance 282.54 pc · percentile 46 / cohort 572
ESI 0.229 · percentile 35 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
80.389 days
Semi-major axis
0.4020 AU
Eccentricity
0.040
Inclination
90.62 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 80.39 Earth days (22.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4020 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.232 %

Duration

8.667 h

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,249.5471

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,315 ppm lasting ≈ 8.67 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

8.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,249.5471

Long. of periastron (ω)

137.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.42000

Eq. Temperature

599K

(326 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

85.94

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.229

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.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Eberhardt et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-6695

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,400 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.517 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.338 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.202 dex

Stellar density

0.540 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

6.70 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
282.54 parsec
Light-years 921.51 ly
V-band magnitude
10.77 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,250,795 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.811.411.35B10.77V10.74Gaia10.35TESS9.82J9.60H9.51K9.47W19.51W29.41W38.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.511 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.751 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.85 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.584 · y = 0.707 · z = -0.400

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 129.57202° · Dec -23.55022°

Galactic ℓ, b

246.505° · 10.635°

Ecliptic λ, β

140.033° · -40.365°

HTM-20 index

-661467451

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