CFHTWIR-Oph 98 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CFHTWIR-Oph 98 A.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 21 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 2,479 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,527 °C (2,780 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 22,012 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- 20.85 × Earth
- Mass
- 2,479 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,800 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 8,040,000 days
- Average distance from its star
- 200 AU
Star
- Host star
- CFHTWIR-Oph 98 A
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 2,320 K
- Radius
- 0.245 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.0147 × Sun
- Age
- 0.003 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- Unknown
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2020
- Method
- Imaging
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.