Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

GJ 3090 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf GJ 3090, located approximately 73.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 15.941 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0997 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 407 K (134 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 73.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.540
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,292,714 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around GJ 3090

GJ 3090 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
GJ 3090 b Sub-Neptune 2.18 4.52 2.853 723 2022
GJ 3090 c this Sub-Neptune 3.14 10.00 15.941 407 2026

GJ 3090 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.280 R♃
Mass
10.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.031 M♃
Density
1.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.540
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2026
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Facilities
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#400of 1978

top 20.2%

This planet

3.14R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 3090 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004.580.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 10.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 6365

TIC

TIC 262530407

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4933912198893332224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4933912198895807104

System

GJ 3090

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.140 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.000 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 15.94 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1946
Distance 22.48 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.540 · percentile 75 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.941 days
Semi-major axis
0.0997 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.94 Earth days (4.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0997 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Impact parameter b

2.220

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,350.8300

Extended Orbital Architecture

Impact parameter (b)

2.220

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.950 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,350.8300

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

4.44000

Eq. Temperature

407K

(134 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4.58

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.540

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.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lamontagne et al. 2026

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2026-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: GJ 3090

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,707 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.516 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.519 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.727 dex

Stellar density

5.320 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.47 km/s

Rotation period

17.95 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
22.48 parsec
Light-years 73.30 ly
V-band magnitude
11.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,292,714 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

6.912.912.89B11.40V10.55Gaia9.49TESS9.31Ic8.17J7.54H7.29K7.05W17.11W27.05W36.94W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

44.465 mas

Total Proper Motion

136.891 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-111.21 mas/yr

PM Declination

-79.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.642 · y = 0.239 · z = -0.728

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 20.43843° · Dec -46.71472°

Galactic ℓ, b

287.952° · -69.522°

Ecliptic λ, β

353.787° · -49.740°

HTM-20 index

-656934947

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