Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

KOI-134 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white KOI-134, located approximately 3,780.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.04 Earth radii
  • A mass of 346.43 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.39 g
  • An orbital period of 67.128 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3630 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 659 K (386 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,780.83 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.232
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 66,674,986 years

1 sibling around KOI-134

KOI-134 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
KOI-134 c Neptune-like 9.86 69.92 33.950 2025
KOI-134 b this Gas Giant 12.04 346.43 67.128 659 2025

KOI-134 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.04 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.074 R♃
Mass
346.43 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.090 M♃
Density
1.09 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.39 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.232
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1491of 1771

top 84.1%

This planet

12.04R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KOI-134 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.0411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00346.43317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.091.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.392.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0045.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 346.433 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271772050

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2079971473693847168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2079971473693847168

System

KOI-134

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.038 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 346.433 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 67.13 d · percentile 52 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,159.21 pc · percentile 88 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.232 · percentile 42 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
67.128 days
Semi-major axis
0.3630 AU
Eccentricity
0.160
Inclination
89.58 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 67.13 Earth days (18.4% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.3630 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.528 %

Duration

11.300 h

Impact parameter b

0.386

Rp / R★

0.066180

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,984.7277

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,276 ppm lasting ≈ 11.30 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.066180

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

46.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.386

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,984.7277

Long. of periastron (ω)

153.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.31300

Eq. Temperature

659K

(386 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

45.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.232

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Nabbie et al. 2025

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2025-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: KOI-134

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,160 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.667 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.407 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.43

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.110 dex

Stellar density

1.320 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

10.59 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,159.21 parsec
Light-years 3,780.83 ly
V-band magnitude
13.77 mag
Voyager-speed travel 66,674,986 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.414.214.23B13.77V13.63Gaia13.68Kepler13.22TESS14.04Sloan g13.62Sloan r13.52Sloan i13.49Sloan z12.63J12.41H12.32K12.34W112.38W212.32W39.43W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.834 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.656 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.32 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.303 · y = -0.634 · z = 0.712

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.58660° · Dec 45.36494°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.698° · 10.761°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.481° · 64.816°

HTM-20 index

-2018478015

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