HIP 97166 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HIP 97166.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.5 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 19 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 429 °C (803 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 10 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.48 × Earth
- Mass
- 19.1 × Earth
- Density
- 6.86 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 701.7 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 10.29 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.091 AU
Star
- Host star
- HIP 97166
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,216 K
- Radius
- 0.8418 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.9342 × Sun
- Age
- 1.2 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 215.1 light-years (65.95 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2021
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.