Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

HD 73344 d

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 73344, located approximately 115.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 810.46 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.65 g
  • An orbital period of 5,823.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 6.7000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 115.00 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.386
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,028,071 years

2 siblings around HD 73344

HD 73344 d 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 73344 b Sub-Neptune 2.88 10.48 15.611 911 2024
HD 73344 c Gas Giant 13.50 118.55 65.940 2025
HD 73344 d this Gas Giant 13.20 810.46 5,823.000 2025

HD 73344 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.180 R♃
Mass
810.46 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.550 M♃
Density
1.94 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.65 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.386
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#847of 1771

top 47.8%

This planet

13.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 73344 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00810.46317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.941.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.652.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 810.462 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 702.401 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 73344

HIP

HIP 42403

TIC

TIC 175193677

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 666427539629086976

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 666427539629086976

System

HD 73344

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.200 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771
Mass 810.462 M⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5,823.00 d · percentile 93 / cohort 1533
Distance 35.26 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.386 · percentile 81 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5,823.000 days
Semi-major axis
6.7000 AU
Eccentricity
0.180
Inclination
59.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 15.94 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 6.7000 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

22.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,444,345.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

58.90°

Angular separation (arcsec)

190.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.386

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Zhang et al. 2024

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2024-08

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 73344

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,148 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.15 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.220 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.190 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.360 dex

Stellar density

1.014 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

5.80 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

5.67 km/s

Rotation period

9.03 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.600

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
35.26 parsec
Light-years 115.00 ly
V-band magnitude
6.89 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,028,071 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

5.47.47.44B6.89V6.75Gaia6.79Kepler6.37TESS5.84J5.64H5.57K5.58W15.42W25.62W35.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

28.332 mas

Total Proper Motion

156.117 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-47.30 mas/yr

PM Declination

-148.78 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.585 · y = 0.705 · z = 0.402

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 129.68945° · Dec 23.68527°

Galactic ℓ, b

201.244° · 33.438°

Ecliptic λ, β

125.949° · 5.063°

HTM-20 index

-463656631

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