GJ 486 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting GJ 486.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.3 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 2.8 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 423 °C (794 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 39 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.289 × Earth
- Mass
- 2.77 × Earth
- Density
- 6.66 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 696.3 K
- Starlight received
- 39.2 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 1.467 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.01714 AU
Star
- Host star
- GJ 486
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,317 K
- Radius
- 0.3243 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.312 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 26.33 light-years (8.074 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2021
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Calar Alto Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.