6 Lyn b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting 6 Lyn.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 598 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.5 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 597.8 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 919.9 days
- Average distance from its star
- 2.028 AU
Star
- Host star
- 6 Lyn
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,941 K
- Radius
- 4.94 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.32 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 178.3 light-years (54.66 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2008
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.