Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-756 c

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf TOI-756, located approximately 281.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,287.21 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 7.62 g
  • An orbital period of 149.400 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4390 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 194 K (-79 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 281.07 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.383
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,956,632 years

1 sibling around TOI-756

TOI-756 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-756 b Sub-Neptune 2.81 9.83 1.239 934 2025
TOI-756 c this Gas Giant 13.00 1,287.21 149.400 194 2025

TOI-756 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.160 R♃
Mass
1,287.21 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
4.050 M♃
Density
3.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
7.62 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.383
HZ Position Outer
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#960of 1771

top 54.2%

This planet

13.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-756 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,287.21317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.007.622.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.240.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,287.205 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 73649615

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6129327525817451648

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6129327525817451648

System

TOI-756

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.000 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,287.205 M⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 149.40 d · percentile 56 / cohort 1533
Distance 86.18 pc · percentile 32 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.383 · percentile 81 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
149.400 days
Semi-major axis
0.4390 AU
Eccentricity
0.445
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 149.40 Earth days (40.9% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.4390 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

273.300 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,498.8820

Long. of periastron (ω)

-167.77°

Angular separation (arcsec)

5.09000

Eq. Temperature

194K

(-79 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.383

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Beyond the outer HZ boundary (too cold) — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Parc et al. 2025

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2025-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TOI-756

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,657 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.505 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.505 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.735 dex

Stellar density

5.520 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

15.36 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
86.18 parsec
Light-years 281.07 ly
V-band magnitude
14.61 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,956,632 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.416.116.10B14.61V13.70Gaia12.56TESS11.14J10.52H10.27K10.16W110.09W210.03W38.39W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

11.576 mas

Total Proper Motion

218.335 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-216.37 mas/yr

PM Declination

29.21 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.686 · y = -0.147 · z = -0.713

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 192.10374° · Dec -45.47047°

Galactic ℓ, b

302.377° · 17.398°

Ecliptic λ, β

211.392° · -36.553°

HTM-20 index

-650066536

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