Imaginary Picture of HD 6860 b

Display orbital revolution of HD 6860 b around the hoststar HD 6860
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Exoplanet Name : HD 6860 b
Alternate Name : beta And b
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.9078 (Rjup) 10.1759 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 28.2600 (Mjup) 8984.9279 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 2.0300 (AU) 2.0300 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.2800
Orbital Period(Yrs) 1.8175
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 663.87 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 86.7704
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 464182.4 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1165.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1094.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 885.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1385.4 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1301.0 (K)
Size Class: Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Radial Velocity
Mass Detection : Radial Velocity
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : HD 6860
Alternate Name : beta And
Star Distance(LY) : 197.2
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 86.4 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.0 (Msun Measured) 2.5 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.0 (GY)
Temperature : 3802 (K)
Spectral type : M0III
UV portion[%]: 0.4
Visible portion[%]: 19.5
IR portion[%]: 80.0
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: -1.9
Apparent Magnitude: 2.0
Right Ascension(RA) 17.4333
Declination (DEC) 35.6206
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HD 6860 b
HD 6860 b

  • HD 6860 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 6860, located about 197.2 light-years (60.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2023.
  • The host star HD 6860 has apparent magnitude of 2.0, with absolute magnitude of -1.9.
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet HD 6860 b orbits around the star HD 6860 every 663.9 days with its orbital distance of 2.03 AU ( 303683677.5 km)
  • (Projected orbit of HD 6860 b around its host star HD 6860)


  • The Star HD 6860 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 27.056 AU ( 4047585952.7 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 37.399 AU ( 5594821547.3 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 56.988 AU ( 8525269906.7 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 83.860 AU ( 12545308135.8 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of HD 6860 b : 464182.40 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star HD 6860)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star HD 6860 distance : 30.432 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star HD 6860 distance : 38.513 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star HD 6860 distance : 37.194 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star HD 6860 distance : 40.898 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star HD 6860 distance : 73.817 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star HD 6860 distance : 77.878 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star HD 6860)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star HD 6860 distance : 30.101 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star HD 6860 distance : 39.847 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star HD 6860 distance : 39.829 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star HD 6860 distance : 74.995 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star HD 6860 distance : 77.993 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star HD 6860)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star HD 6860 and its Exoplanet HD 6860 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star HD 6860 and its Exoplanet HD 6860 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star HD 6860*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102