WD 0806-661 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WD 0806-661.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 2,225 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 84 °C (183 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.11 × Earth
- Mass
- 2,225 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 357 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- Unknown
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- WD 0806-661
- Spectral class
- B — blue-white
- Surface temperature
- 10,390 K
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 0.605 × Sun
- Age
- 1.6 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 62.77 light-years (19.24 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Imaging
- Facility
- Spitzer Space Telescope
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.