Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

TOI-880 c

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange TOI-880, located approximately 197.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.95 Earth radii
  • A mass of 21.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.89 g
  • An orbital period of 6.387 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0635 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 805 K (532 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 197.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.236
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,489,472 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around TOI-880

TOI-880 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-880.02 Sub-Neptune 2.19 5.43 2.576 1,085 2024
TOI-880 c this Neptune-like 4.95 21.70 6.387 805 2025

TOI-880 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.95 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.442 R♃
Mass
21.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.068 M♃
Density
0.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.89 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.236
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

#386of 574

top 67.1%

This planet

4.95R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-880 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.9511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0021.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.892.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0074.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 34077285

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2993658970584498048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2993658970584498048

System

TOI-880

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.950 R⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 574
Mass 21.700 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 574
Orbital period 6.39 d · percentile 26 / cohort 524
Distance 60.67 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 572
ESI 0.236 · percentile 37 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.387 days
Semi-major axis
0.0635 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
88.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.39 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0635 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.351 %

Duration

2.343 h

Impact parameter b

0.517

Rp / R★

0.054670

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,403.6751

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,510 ppm lasting ≈ 2.34 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.054670

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.480

Impact parameter (b)

0.517

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,403.6751

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-7.40°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.05000

Eq. Temperature

805K

(532 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

74.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.236

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Zhang et al. 2025

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2025-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-880

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,050 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.830 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.870 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.23

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.530 dex

Stellar density

2.975 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.57 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
60.67 parsec
Light-years 197.87 ly
V-band magnitude
10.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,489,472 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.711.111.08B10.10V9.84Gaia9.26TESS8.46J8.00H7.95K7.78W17.88W27.82W37.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.454 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.257 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.96 mas/yr

PM Declination

23.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.070 · y = 0.968 · z = -0.242

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 94.16447° · Dec -13.98734°

Galactic ℓ, b

221.717° · -13.932°

Ecliptic λ, β

95.082° · -37.353°

HTM-20 index

402002310

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