Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

HD 28471 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 28471, located approximately 142.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.75 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.72 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 3.165 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0420 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,377 K (1104 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 142.35 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.199
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,510,385 years

2 siblings around HD 28471

HD 28471 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 28471 b this Super-Earth 1.75 3.72 3.165 1,377 2025
HD 28471 c Sub-Neptune 2.26 5.72 6.125 1,066 2025
HD 28471 d Sub-Neptune 2.06 4.91 11.681 945 2025

HD 28471 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.75 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.156 R♃
Mass
3.72 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.81 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.199
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#326of 1176

top 27.6%

This planet

1.75R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 28471 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.72317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.811.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 3.720 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 28471

HIP

HIP 20625

TIC

TIC 38698692

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4675222436007028608

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4675222436007028608

System

HD 28471

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.750 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.720 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.16 d · percentile 23 / cohort 1164
Distance 43.65 pc · percentile 9 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.199 · percentile 12 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.165 days
Semi-major axis
0.0420 AU
Eccentricity
0.195
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.16 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0420 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.679 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,452,945.8060

Long. of periastron (ω)

152.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.96200

Eq. Temperature

1,377K

(1104 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.199

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Stevenson et al. 2025

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2025-08

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 28471

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,766 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.56 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.080 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.380 dex

Stellar density

1.121 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

26.18 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
43.65 parsec
Light-years 142.35 ly
V-band magnitude
7.89 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,510,385 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

6.38.68.59B7.89V7.73Gaia7.30TESS6.72J6.45H6.32K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

22.883 mas

Total Proper Motion

327.547 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-62.27 mas/yr

PM Declination

321.57 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.176 · y = 0.400 · z = -0.899

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 66.28752° · Dec -64.07869°

Galactic ℓ, b

275.683° · -39.935°

Ecliptic λ, β

3.072° · -79.860°

HTM-20 index

643723563

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