HD 70642 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 70642.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 633 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.8 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 633.4 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2,125 days
- Average distance from its star
- 3.318 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 70642
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,732 K
- Radius
- 0.984 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.078 × Sun
- Age
- 0.919 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 95.49 light-years (29.28 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2003
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Anglo-Australian Telescope
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.