BD+05 4868 A b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting BD+05 4868 A.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 6.2 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,547 °C (2,816 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 6.2 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,820 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.272 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0208 AU
Star
- Host star
- BD+05 4868 A
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,596 K
- Radius
- 0.69 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.7 × Sun
- Age
- 11.1 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 142.1 light-years (43.57 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2025
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.