b Cen AB b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting b Cen A.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 3,464 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4,901 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 3,464 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1,790,000 days
- Average distance from its star
- 556 AU
Star
- Host star
- b Cen A
- Spectral class
- Unknown
- Surface temperature
- Unknown
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 5.5 × Sun
- Age
- 0.015 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 319.9 light-years (98.09 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2021
- Method
- Imaging
- Facility
- Paranal Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.