Qatar-5 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Qatar-5.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 1,373 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,142 °C (2,087 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 669 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.41 × Earth
- Mass
- 1,373 × Earth
- Density
- 3.95 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,415 K
- Starlight received
- 669 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 2.879 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.04127 AU
Star
- Host star
- Qatar-5
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,747 K
- Radius
- 1.076 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.128 × Sun
- Age
- 0.53 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,199 light-years (367.7 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2017
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Qatar
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.