nu Oct A b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting nu Oct A.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 696 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.1 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 696 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 402.4 days
- Average distance from its star
- 1.24 AU
Star
- Host star
- nu Oct A
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,910 K
- Radius
- 5.04 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.57 × Sun
- Age
- 2.7 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 69.14 light-years (21.2 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.