HIP 12961 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HIP 12961.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 114 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 57 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 114.4 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 57.44 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.25 AU
Star
- Host star
- HIP 12961
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,901 K
- Radius
- 0.65 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.69 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 76.23 light-years (23.37 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2010
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- La Silla Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.