HD 207496 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 207496.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.3 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 6.1 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 470 °C (878 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 73 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.25 × Earth
- Mass
- 6.1 × Earth
- Density
- 3.17 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 743 K
- Starlight received
- 72.9 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 6.441 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0629 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 207496
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,819 K
- Radius
- 0.769 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.8 × Sun
- Age
- 0.52 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 76.99 light-years (23.61 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2023
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.