G 261-6 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting G 261-6.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 1.4 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 49 °C (120 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 1.8 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 1.37 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 322.3 K
- Starlight received
- 1.8 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 5.454 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.02971 AU
Star
- Host star
- G 261-6
- Spectral class
- Unknown
- Surface temperature
- Unknown
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 0.118 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 34.66 light-years (10.63 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2025
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Calar Alto Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.