Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2025

WASP-195 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white WASP-195, located approximately 1,581.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.31 Earth radii
  • A mass of 33.05 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.31 g
  • An orbital period of 5.052 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0630 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,522 K (1249 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,581.37 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.069
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 27,887,527 years

WASP-195 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.31 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.920 R♃
Mass
33.05 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.104 M♃
Density
0.16 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.069
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

#1742of 1771

top 98.3%

This planet

10.31R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-195 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.3111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0033.05317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.161.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.312.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00890.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 33.054 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 232567319

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1411707818360668416

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1411707818360668416

System

WASP-195

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.312 R⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1771
Mass 33.054 M⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.05 d · percentile 37 / cohort 1533
Distance 484.85 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.069 · percentile 13 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.052 days
Semi-major axis
0.0630 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.05 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0630 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.360 %

Duration

3.743 h

Impact parameter b

0.550

Rp / R★

0.060000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,357.2386

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,602 ppm lasting ≈ 3.74 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.060000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.570

Impact parameter (b)

0.550

RV semi-amplitude (K)

10.320 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,357.2386

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13000

Eq. Temperature

1,522K

(1249 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

890.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.069

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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-195

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,300 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.578 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.300 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.140 dex

Stellar density

0.466 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
484.85 parsec
Light-years 1,581.37 ly
V-band magnitude
11.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 27,887,527 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.612.312.25B11.95V11.79Gaia11.44TESS10.93J10.70H10.68K10.64W110.66W210.64W39.62W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.034 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.946 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.96 mas/yr

PM Declination

14.41 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.246 · y = -0.595 · z = 0.765

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 247.54964° · Dec 49.89579°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.118° · 42.855°

Ecliptic λ, β

224.524° · 69.814°

HTM-20 index

456543053

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