HD 137496 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 137496.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.3 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 4 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,857 °C (3,374 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.31 × Earth
- Mass
- 4.04 × Earth
- Density
- 10.49 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,130 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.621 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.02732 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 137496
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,799 K
- Radius
- 1.59 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.04 × Sun
- Age
- 8.3 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 506.6 light-years (155.3 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2021
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.