Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2026

KOINTREAU-3 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange ISO-Oph 96, located approximately 458.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,080.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.30 g
  • Semi-major axis 342.0000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 458.45 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.405
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,084,847 years

KOINTREAU-3 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
1,080.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.400 M♃
Density
2.64 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.30 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.405
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2026
Method Imaging
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck II Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#910of 1771

top 51.3%

This planet

13.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KOINTREAU-3 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,080.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.641.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.302.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,080.617 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 175629533

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6049072213596652288

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6049072213596652288

System

ISO-Oph 96

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,080.617 M⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1747
Distance 140.56 pc · percentile 43 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.405 · percentile 87 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
342.0000 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.405

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Walker et al. 2026

Instrument

NIRC2 Camera

Publication

2026-03

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2026 at W. M. Keck Observatory (2 shown).

Host System: ISO-Oph 96

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,920 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.731 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.410 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

1.481 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

16.90 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
140.56 parsec
Light-years 458.45 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,084,847 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.420.220.16B16.60Gaia13.46Kepler14.95TESS12.02J10.55H9.84K9.46W19.24W28.91W38.38W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.088 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.600 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.09 mas/yr

PM Declination

-24.87 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.358 · y = -0.835 · z = -0.418

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 246.76878° · Dec -24.71668°

Galactic ℓ, b

352.924° · 16.593°

Ecliptic λ, β

248.971° · -2.957°

HTM-20 index

-772066253

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