Qatar-6 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Qatar-6.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 212 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 733 °C (1,351 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 11.9 × Earth
- Mass
- 212.3 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,006 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.506 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0423 AU
Star
- Host star
- Qatar-6
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,052 K
- Radius
- 0.722 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.822 × Sun
- Age
- 1.02 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 328.9 light-years (100.8 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2017
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Qatar
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.