Gl 686 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Gl 686.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 6.6 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 16 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 6.624 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 15.53 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.091 AU
Star
- Host star
- Gl 686
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,656 K
- Radius
- 0.427 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.426 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 26.61 light-years (8.157 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2018
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.