Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

HD 143811 AB b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 143811 A, located approximately 445.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,938.75 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 7.87 g
  • An orbital period of 117,000.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 63.0000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,042 K (769 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 445.56 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.151
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,857,365 years
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Circumbinary planet

HD 143811 AB b orbits a binary-star pair rather than a single host — a minority architecture in the confirmed catalogue.

HD 143811 AB b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.400 R♃
Mass
1,938.75 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
6.100 M♃
Density
2.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
7.87 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.151
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Imaging
Facility Paranal Observatory
Telescope 8.2 m ESO VLT UT3 Melipal Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#184of 1771

top 10.3%

This planet

15.69R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 143811 AB b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,938.75317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.007.872.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,938.753 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 143811 A

HIP

HIP 78663

TIC

TIC 93869857

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6040105283968486144

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6040105283968486144

System

HD 143811

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.693 R⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,938.753 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 117,000.00 d · percentile 100 / cohort 1533
Distance 136.61 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.151 · percentile 36 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
117,000.000 days
Semi-major axis
63.0000 AU
Eccentricity
0.190
Inclination
37.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 320.33 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 63.0000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

1,042K

(769 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.151

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Squicciarini et al. 2025

Instrument

SPHERE

Publication

2025-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 143811 A

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,791 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.02 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.684 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.320 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.340 dex

Stellar density

0.384 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

7.50 km/s

Distance
136.61 parsec
Light-years 445.56 ly
V-band magnitude
8.91 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,857,365 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.49.49.37B8.91V8.79Gaia8.45TESS7.97J7.78H7.70K7.66W17.69W27.68W37.44W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.292 mas

Total Proper Motion

29.209 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-15.09 mas/yr

PM Declination

-25.01 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.421 · y = -0.756 · z = -0.502

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 240.88920° · Dec -30.13716°

Galactic ℓ, b

345.074° · 16.606°

Ecliptic λ, β

244.767° · -9.212°

HTM-20 index

-2077098837

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