HD 215497 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 215497.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 6.4 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 6.357 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.934 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.05 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 215497
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,110 K
- Radius
- 0.85 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.67 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 132.2 light-years (40.55 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2009
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- La Silla Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.