HD 79498 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 79498.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 426 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.9 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 425.9 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1,807 days
- Average distance from its star
- 2.98 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 79498
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,748 K
- Radius
- 1.05 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.08 × Sun
- Age
- 2.71 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 159.6 light-years (48.95 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- McDonald Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.