Exoplanet · gas giant
KIC 3526061 b
KIC 3526061 b is a gas giant orbiting the star KIC 3526061. Its year lasts 3,550 Earth days. It was discovered in 2022 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | KIC 3526061 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,309 light-years (401.2 pc) |
| Orbital period | 9.72 years |
| Orbital radius | 5.14 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.850 |
| Radius | 12.1 R⊕ · 1.08 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 5,770 M⊕ · 18.2 M♃ |
| Density | 17.9 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 249 K (-25 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 0.621 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2022 |
| Discovered by | McDonald Observatory |
Habitable zone
Inside its star's habitable zone: it receives enough light for liquid water to exist on its surface under a suitable atmosphere.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 0.61° across: 1.1 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.48. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 51° S. North of latitude 51° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 717. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 23 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.