Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

WASP-154 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange WASP-154, located approximately 702.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.76 Earth radii
  • A mass of 198.96 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.72 g
  • An orbital period of 3.812 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0440 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 994 K (721 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 702.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.152
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,395,102 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

WASP-154 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.76 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.960 R♃
Mass
198.96 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.626 M♃
Density
0.88 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.152
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2025
Method Transit
Facility SuperWASP
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1696of 1771

top 95.7%

This planet

10.76R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-154 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.7611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00198.96317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.881.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00162.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 198.961 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 857186

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2618260274650146048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2618260274650146048

System

WASP-154

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.761 R⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1771
Mass 198.961 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.81 d · percentile 27 / cohort 1533
Distance 215.50 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.152 · percentile 37 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.812 days
Semi-major axis
0.0440 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.46 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.81 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0440 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.440 %

Duration

2.565 h

Impact parameter b

0.310

Rp / R★

0.120000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,465.8920

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 14,400 ppm lasting ≈ 2.57 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.120000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.560

Impact parameter (b)

0.310

RV semi-amplitude (K)

94.550 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,465.8920

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20400

Eq. Temperature

994K

(721 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

162.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.152

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

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

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Schanche et al. 2025

Instrument

e2v CCD Camera

Publication

2025-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: WASP-154

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,774 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.823 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.800 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.470 dex

Stellar density

2.012 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
215.50 parsec
Light-years 702.87 ly
V-band magnitude
13.19 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,395,102 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.416.41U14.09B13.19V12.83Gaia12.20TESS14.11Sloan g12.83Sloan r12.57Sloan i13.01Sloan z11.34J10.89H10.77K10.68W110.74W210.71W39.07W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.612 mas

Total Proper Motion

62.146 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-24.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

-57.10 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.836 · y = -0.528 · z = -0.150

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 327.71917° · Dec -8.63595°

Galactic ℓ, b

47.670° · -43.561°

Ecliptic λ, β

326.931° · 4.144°

HTM-20 index

-310973456

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