HD 48948 c

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 48948.

Compared with Earth

Mass
About 7.3 times Earth's mass.
Temperature
About 280 °C (536 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Starlight
About 16 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
Year
A year here lasts about 38 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
Unknown
Mass
7.27 × Earth
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
553 K
Starlight received
15.5 × Earth
Orbital period
38.06 days
Average distance from its star
0.1951 AU

Star

Host star
HD 48948
Spectral class
K — orange dwarf
Surface temperature
4,593 K
Radius
0.679 × Sun
Mass
0.686 × Sun
Age
11.48 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
55.13 light-years (16.9 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
3

Discovery

Year
2024
Method
Radial Velocity
Facility
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.