Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

HD 94890 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 94890, located approximately 201.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,831.85 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 18.12 g
  • An orbital period of 2,492.190 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.3300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 201.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.398
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,548,905 years

1 sibling around HD 94890

HD 94890 c 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 94890 b Gas Giant 13.30 676.97 824.610 2025
HD 94890 c this Gas Giant 12.50 2,831.85 2,492.190 2025

HD 94890 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,831.85 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
8.910 M♃
Density
7.97 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
18.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.398
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

#1235of 1771

top 69.7%

This planet

12.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 94890 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,831.85317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.971.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0018.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2,831.851 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 94890

HIP

HIP 53502

TIC

TIC 158543228

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5394951821153092864

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5394951821153092864

System

HD 94890

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,831.851 M⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,492.19 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1533
Distance 61.70 pc · percentile 25 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.398 · percentile 85 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,492.190 days
Semi-major axis
4.3300 AU
Eccentricity
0.050
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 6.82 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 4.3300 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.398

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 94890

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,867 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

10.710 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.740 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Distance
61.70 parsec
Light-years 201.24 ly
V-band magnitude
4.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,548,905 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

2.25.65.61B4.60V4.33Gaia3.73TESS2.82J2.32H2.23K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.182 mas

Total Proper Motion

145.576 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

74.30 mas/yr

PM Declination

-125.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.767 · y = 0.217 · z = -0.604

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 164.17978° · Dec -37.13830°

Galactic ℓ, b

278.856° · 20.313°

Ecliptic λ, β

183.038° · -39.819°

HTM-20 index

879020991

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