Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

HD 35843 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 35843, located approximately 227.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.29 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.84 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.11 g
  • An orbital period of 9.899 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0880 AU
  • Distance from Earth 227.01 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.735
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,003,375 years

1 sibling around HD 35843

HD 35843 b 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
HD 35843 b this Sub-Neptune 2.29 5.84 9.899 2025
HD 35843 c Sub-Neptune 2.54 11.32 46.962 479 2025

HD 35843 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.29 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.204 R♃
Mass
5.84 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.735
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

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

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1519of 1978

top 76.7%

This planet

2.29R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 35843 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.84317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 5.840 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 35843

HIP

HIP 25359

TIC

TIC 7422496

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4799563663371481344

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4799563663371481344

System

HD 35843

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.290 R⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.840 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 9.90 d · percentile 33 / cohort 1946
Distance 69.60 pc · percentile 16 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.735 · percentile 96 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.899 days
Semi-major axis
0.0880 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.90 Earth days (2.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0880 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.735

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hesse et al. 2025

Instrument

ESPRESSO

Publication

2025-05

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 35843

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,666 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.897 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.27

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.470 dex

Stellar density

1.840 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

13.77 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.09 km/s

Rotation period

25.49 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.010

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
69.60 parsec
Light-years 227.01 ly
V-band magnitude
9.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,003,375 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.710.110.10B9.36V9.20Gaia8.76TESS8.15J7.86H7.78K7.73W17.77W27.74W37.86W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

14.338 mas

Total Proper Motion

118.815 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-44.10 mas/yr

PM Declination

-110.33 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.107 · y = 0.706 · z = -0.700

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 81.34889° · Dec -44.43128°

Galactic ℓ, b

250.098° · -33.521°

Ecliptic λ, β

73.777° · -67.384°

HTM-20 index

-1609434883

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