Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

DMPP-2 d

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white DMPP-2, located approximately 449.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 91.79 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.68 g
  • An orbital period of 16.491 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1432 AU
  • Distance from Earth 449.90 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.277
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,933,979 years

2 siblings around DMPP-2

DMPP-2 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
DMPP-2 c Neptune-like 8.26 51.79 3.168 2026
DMPP-2 b Gas Giant 14.20 171.48 5.203 1,000 2019
DMPP-2 d this Gas Giant 11.60 91.79 16.491 2026

DMPP-2 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.030 R♃
Mass
91.79 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.289 M♃
Density
0.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.68 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.277
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2026
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1577of 1771

top 89.0%

This planet

11.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth DMPP-2 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0091.79317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.682.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 91.790 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 11231

HIP

HIP 8501

TIC

TIC 32432767

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5017319806652067072

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5017319806652067072

System

DMPP-2

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.600 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1771
Mass 91.790 M⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 16.49 d · percentile 47 / cohort 1533
Distance 137.94 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.277 · percentile 51 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.491 days
Semi-major axis
0.1432 AU
Eccentricity
0.100
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.49 Earth days (4.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1432 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.277

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Standing et al. 2026

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2026-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: DMPP-2

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,500 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.780 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.410 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.100 dex

Stellar density

0.244 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

7.54 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

5.10 km/s

Distance
137.94 parsec
Light-years 449.90 ly
V-band magnitude
8.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,933,979 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.39.08.97B8.57V8.46Gaia8.13TESS7.70J7.48H7.44K7.36W17.44W27.44W37.31W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.221 mas

Total Proper Motion

28.417 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-27.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

7.61 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.732 · y = 0.380 · z = -0.566

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 27.40773° · Dec -34.45910°

Galactic ℓ, b

246.923° · -75.534°

Ecliptic λ, β

9.547° · -42.075°

HTM-20 index

1639271914

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