GQ Lup b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting GQ Lup.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 34 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 6,356 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 2,377 °C (4,310 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Planet
- Radius
- 33.6 × Earth
- Mass
- 6,356 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,650 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- Unknown
- Average distance from its star
- 100 AU
Star
- Host star
- GQ Lup
- Spectral class
- Unknown
- Surface temperature
- Unknown
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 0.7 × Sun
- Age
- 0.001 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 493 light-years (151.2 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2004
- Method
- Imaging
- Facility
- Paranal Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.