HD 42618 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 42618.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 14 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 64 °C (147 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 3.2 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 150 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 14.4 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 337 K
- Starlight received
- 3.16 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 149.6 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.554 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 42618
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,727 K
- Radius
- 0.999 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.015 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 79.37 light-years (24.34 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Multiple Observatories
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.