Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

HD 102888 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 102888, located approximately 412.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,808.44 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 11.04 g
  • An orbital period of 252.060 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.0500 AU
  • Distance from Earth 412.54 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.436
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,275,057 years

HD 102888 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
1,808.44 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.690 M♃
Density
4.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
11.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.436
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 1.2 m Leonhard Euler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1063of 1771

top 60.0%

This planet

12.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 102888 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,808.44317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0011.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,808.444 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 102888

HIP

HIP 57749

TIC

TIC 397394991

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3487277912642549248

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3487277912642549248

System

HD 102888

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.800 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,808.444 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 252.06 d · percentile 59 / cohort 1533
Distance 126.48 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.436 · percentile 96 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
252.060 days
Semi-major axis
1.0500 AU
Eccentricity
0.110
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 252.06 Earth days (69.0% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.0500 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.436

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Fontanet et al. 2025

Instrument

CORALIE Spectrograph

Publication

2025-05

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 102888

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,990 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

8.600 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.420 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Distance
126.48 parsec
Light-years 412.54 ly
V-band magnitude
6.48 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,275,057 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.07.57.46B6.48V6.22Gaia5.64TESS4.87J4.48H4.27K4.14W14.01W24.20W34.15W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.878 mas

Total Proper Motion

82.893 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-82.62 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.69 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.888 · y = 0.036 · z = -0.458

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 177.65453° · Dec -27.27791°

Galactic ℓ, b

286.667° · 33.666°

Ecliptic λ, β

189.516° · -25.783°

HTM-20 index

2111551958

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