HD 18742 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 18742.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 1,081 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.1 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 1,081 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 766 days
- Average distance from its star
- 1.82 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 18742
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,940 K
- Radius
- 5.13 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.36 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 530.6 light-years (162.7 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- W. M. Keck Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.