G 261-6 b
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Planet
- Host star
- G 261-6
- Distance from Earth
- 10.6267 pc (≈ 34.7 light-years)
- NASA planet type
- Super Earth
- Radius (Earth = 1)
- 1.1
- Mass (Earth = 1)
- 1.37
- Orbital period
- 5.4536 days
- Semi-major axis
- 0.02971 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0
- Equilibrium temperature
- 322.3 K
- Discovery method
- Radial Velocity
- Discovery year
- 2,025
- Discovery facility
- Calar Alto Observatory
- Host spectral type
- M5.5 V
- Host temperature
- 2,907 K
- Host radius (Sun = 1)
- 0.153162
- Host mass (Sun = 1)
- 0.118
- Host brightness
- 15.75 mag
Source:NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗NASA Science · checked 2026-11-02 ↗NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 35 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1991 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- Its radius is about 1.1 times Earth's (NASA Exoplanet Archive).
- One orbit takes about 5.5 Earth days — that is this planet's year.
Worked out from this object's official values.