L 168-9 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting L 168-9.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.6 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 4.1 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 725 °C (1,337 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.63 × Earth
- Mass
- 4.07 × Earth
- Density
- 5.18 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 998 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.402 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0208 AU
Star
- Host star
- L 168-9
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,842 K
- Radius
- 0.604 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.614 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 82.03 light-years (25.15 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2020
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.