HD 285968 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 285968.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 8.4 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 177 °C (350 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 8.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 8.4 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 450 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 8.784 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.066 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 285968
- Spectral class
- Unknown
- Surface temperature
- Unknown
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 0.5 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 30.89 light-years (9.47 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2008
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- La Silla Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.