HD 30856 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 30856.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 492 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.3 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 491.7 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 847 days
- Average distance from its star
- 1.85 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 30856
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,895 K
- Radius
- 4.4 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.17 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 427.9 light-years (131.2 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- W. M. Keck Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.