GJ 536 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting GJ 536.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 6.4 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 178 °C (352 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 9.9 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 8.7 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 6.37 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 451 K
- Starlight received
- 9.9 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 8.709 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0668 AU
Star
- Host star
- GJ 536
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,641 K
- Radius
- 0.529 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.528 × Sun
- Age
- 4.2 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 33.95 light-years (10.41 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- La Silla Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.