HD 102956 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 102956.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 305 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 305.1 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 6.495 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0807 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 102956
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,985 K
- Radius
- 4.55 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.66 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 397.6 light-years (121.9 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2010
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- W. M. Keck Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.