PDS 70 c
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting PDS 70.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 22 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 2,384 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 781 °C (1,438 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Planet
- Radius
- 22.19 × Earth
- Mass
- 2,384 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,054 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- Unknown
- Average distance from its star
- 34.3 AU
Star
- Host star
- PDS 70
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,109 K
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 0.982 × Sun
- Age
- 0.008 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 368.8 light-years (113.1 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2019
- Method
- Imaging
- Facility
- European Southern Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.