Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

G 268-110 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the m-type red dwarf G 268-110, located approximately Distance pending from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.13 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.52 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 1.433 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0128 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 534 K (261 °C)
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.591
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

G 268-110 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.13 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.101 R♃
Mass
1.52 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.005 M♃
Density
5.79 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.591
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Calar Alto Observatory
Telescope 3.5 m telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#180of 570

top 31.4%

This planet

1.13R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth G 268-110 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.52317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.791.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0013.570.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1.520 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 471016687

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2358022227591374336

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2358022227591374336

System

G 268-110

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.130 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 570
Mass 1.520 M⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 570
Orbital period 1.43 d · percentile 15 / cohort 567
ESI 0.591 · percentile 77 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.433 days
Semi-major axis
0.0128 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.43 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0128 AU.

Eq. Temperature

534K

(261 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

13.57

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.591

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

Kaminski et al. 2025

Instrument

CARMENES

Publication

2025-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: G 268-110

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.177 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.137 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

5.086 dex

Stellar density

35.340 g/cm³

Rotation period

143.00 days

Multi-band Host Photometry — 5 bands

8.514.714.70V11.27TESS9.39J8.75H8.45K

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