Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

Kepler-139 f

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-139, located approximately 1,275.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.67 Earth radii
  • A mass of 36.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.81 g
  • An orbital period of 355.000 days
  • Distance from Earth 1,275.39 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.398
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,491,570 years

4 siblings around Kepler-139

Kepler-139 f shares its host star with 4 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-139 d Super-Earth 1.70 2.00 7.306 972 2023
Kepler-139 b Sub-Neptune 2.94 7.00 15.771 752 2014
Kepler-139 c Sub-Neptune 3.38 13.00 157.073 350 2014
Kepler-139 f this Neptune-like 6.67 36.00 355.000 2025
Kepler-139 e Gas Giant 13.70 378.00 2,047.635 2023

Kepler-139 f Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.67 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.595 R♃
Mass
36.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.113 M♃
Density
0.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.81 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.398
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Transit Timing Variations
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#226of 574

top 39.2%

This planet

6.67R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-139 f Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.6711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0036.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.812.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 36.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123450224

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105362903731391744

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105362903731391744

System

Kepler-139

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.670 R⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 574
Mass 36.000 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 574
Orbital period 355.00 d · percentile 94 / cohort 524
Distance 391.04 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 572
ESI 0.398 · percentile 73 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
355.000 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 355.00 Earth days (97.2% of a terrestrial year).

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.398

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lammers & Winn 2025

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2025-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: Kepler-139

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,630 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.82 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.045 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.078 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.35

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.345 dex

Stellar density

0.960 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
391.04 parsec
Light-years 1,275.39 ly
V-band magnitude
12.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,491,570 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.913.212.57B12.78V12.68Gaia12.70Kepler12.20TESS13.19Sloan g12.63Sloan r12.49Sloan i12.46Sloan z11.53J11.22H11.17K10.89W110.93W210.84W38.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.529 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.161 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

16.29 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.155 · y = -0.704 · z = 0.693

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.39195° · Dec 43.88942°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.378° · 18.745°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.678° · 66.356°

HTM-20 index

-675728923

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