Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

DMPP-8 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white DMPP-8, located approximately 248.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 81.09 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.70 g
  • An orbital period of 62.915 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3098 AU
  • Distance from Earth 248.31 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.290
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,379,017 years

DMPP-8 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.960 R♃
Mass
81.09 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.255 M♃
Density
0.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.70 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.290
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2026
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1686of 1771

top 95.1%

This planet

10.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth DMPP-8 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0081.09317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.702.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 81.090 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 191122

HIP

HIP 100359

TIC

TIC 318042295

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6349054822860923008

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6349054822860923008

System

DMPP-8

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.800 R⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1771
Mass 81.090 M⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 62.92 d · percentile 51 / cohort 1533
Distance 76.13 pc · percentile 30 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.290 · percentile 55 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
62.915 days
Semi-major axis
0.3098 AU
Eccentricity
0.275
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 62.92 Earth days (17.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.3098 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.290

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-8

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,009 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.240 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.990 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.321 dex

Stellar density

0.893 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

12.53 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.13 km/s

Rotation period

24.20 days

Distance
76.13 parsec
Light-years 248.31 ly
V-band magnitude
8.65 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,379,017 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.19.39.27B8.65V8.49Gaia8.07TESS7.48J7.22H7.19K7.14W17.18W27.16W37.15W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.106 mas

Total Proper Motion

203.271 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

107.55 mas/yr

PM Declination

-172.49 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.084 · y = -0.119 · z = -0.989

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 305.30835° · Dec -81.61667°

Galactic ℓ, b

311.887° · -30.044°

Ecliptic λ, β

279.512° · -59.356°

HTM-20 index

1259970421

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