GJ 3998 d

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting GJ 3998.

Compared with Earth

Mass
About 6.1 times Earth's mass.
Starlight
About 1.2 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
Year
A year here lasts about 42 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
Unknown
Mass
6.07 × Earth
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
Unknown
Starlight received
1.2 × Earth
Orbital period
41.78 days
Average distance from its star
0.189 AU

Star

Host star
GJ 3998
Spectral class
M — red dwarf
Surface temperature
3,726 K
Radius
0.5 × Sun
Mass
0.52 × Sun
Age
8.38 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
59.18 light-years (18.15 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
3

Discovery

Year
2025
Method
Radial Velocity
Facility
Multiple Observatories

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.