61 Vir b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting 61 Vir.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 5.1 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.2 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 5.1 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.215 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0502 AU
Star
- Host star
- 61 Vir
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,577 K
- Radius
- 0.963 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.942 × Sun
- Age
- 8.96 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 27.73 light-years (8.503 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 3
Discovery
- Year
- 2009
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Multiple Observatories
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.