Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

KOI-134 c

A neptune-like 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 9.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 69.92 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.72 g
  • An orbital period of 33.950 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2305 AU
  • Distance from Earth 3,780.83 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.309
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 66,674,986 years

1 sibling around KOI-134

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

KOI-134 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.880 R♃
Mass
69.92 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.220 M♃
Density
0.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.309
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Transit Timing Variations
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#14of 574

top 2.3%

This planet

9.86R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KOI-134 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0069.92317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 69.922 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 Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.860 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 574
Mass 69.922 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 574
Orbital period 33.95 d · percentile 62 / cohort 524
Distance 1,159.21 pc · percentile 78 / cohort 572
ESI 0.309 · percentile 52 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
33.950 days
Semi-major axis
0.2305 AU
Eccentricity
0.240
Inclination
75.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 33.95 Earth days (9.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.2305 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.309

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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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