HD 50499 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 50499.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 520 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.7 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 520 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2,447 days
- Average distance from its star
- 3.833 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 50499
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,102 K
- Radius
- 1.351 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.253 × Sun
- Age
- 2.391 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 151 light-years (46.28 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2005
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- W. M. Keck Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.