Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-6894 b

A neptune-like orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-6894, located approximately 240.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.58 Earth radii
  • A mass of 53.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.58 g
  • An orbital period of 3.371 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0260 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 418 K (145 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 240.75 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.304
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,245,553 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TOI-6894 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.58 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.855 R♃
Mass
53.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.168 M♃
Density
0.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.58 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.304
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

#37of 574

top 6.3%

This planet

9.58R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-6894 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.5811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0053.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.582.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.005.540.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 53.395 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 67512645

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3917278287286247808

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3917278287286247808

System

TOI-6894

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.584 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 574
Mass 53.395 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 574
Orbital period 3.37 d · percentile 6 / cohort 524
Distance 73.81 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 572
ESI 0.304 · percentile 51 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.371 days
Semi-major axis
0.0260 AU
Eccentricity
0.029
Inclination
89.58 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.37 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0260 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

16.659 %

Duration

1.422 h

Impact parameter b

0.177

Rp / R★

0.386000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,460,313.4117

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 166,590 ppm lasting ≈ 1.42 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.386000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

24.590

Impact parameter (b)

0.177

RV semi-amplitude (K)

65.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,313.4117

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.35300

Eq. Temperature

418K

(145 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

5.54

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.304

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Bryant et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-6894

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,007 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.228 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.207 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

5.039 dex

Stellar density

24.730 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
73.81 parsec
Light-years 240.75 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,245,553 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 9 bands

8.716.316.31Gaia14.90TESS13.17J12.49H12.21K12.02W111.84W211.17W38.65W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.520 mas

Total Proper Motion

148.461 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-146.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

22.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.970 · y = 0.111 · z = 0.216

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 173.46914° · Dec 12.45109°

Galactic ℓ, b

248.064° · 66.646°

Ecliptic λ, β

169.048° · 8.838°

HTM-20 index

2058800198

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