HD 158996 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 158996.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 4,450 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.2 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 4,450 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 820.2 days
- Average distance from its star
- 2.1 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 158996
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,069 K
- Radius
- 50.3 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.8 × Sun
- Age
- 1.6 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 925.2 light-years (283.7 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2018
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Bohyunsan Optical Astronomical Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.