HD 106315 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 106315.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.4 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 13 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 880 °C (1,616 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 9.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.44 × Earth
- Mass
- 12.6 × Earth
- Density
- 4.7 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,153 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 9.552 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0907 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 106315
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,327 K
- Radius
- 1.296 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.091 × Sun
- Age
- 4.48 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 356.7 light-years (109.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2017
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.