About HD 1461 b
HD 1461 b is a common exoplanet. It lies about 76.5 light-years from Earth, has an equilibrium temperature near 1,185 K, spans roughly 2.42 Earth radii and weighs about 6.44 Earth masses.
One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.
Common exoplanet 16 EP
HD 1461 b
RA 4.6763° · Dec -8.0536° · exoplanet
Score breakdown
· 3 badgesCommon 24 pts → Uncommon
- Multi-planet system +6
- Confirmed exoplanet +5
- Sub-Neptune +5
Total score 16
8 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Confirmed exoplanet · +5
- Sub-Neptune · +5
- Multi-planet system · +6
Trivia
Could we get there?
- Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.
Getting there
- Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 1.3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
- Fastest probe ever. ≈ 119.4 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
- At 10% light speed. ≈ 765 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
- Distance. 76.5 light-years from Earth.
Look-back time
- Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 1950.
Saying hello
- Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 153 years round-trip.
Standing on it
- A year here. A full year lasts just 5.8 Earth days.
By the numbers
- Size. About 2.4× the width of Earth.
- Volume. About 14.2 Earths could fit inside it.
- Mass. About 6.4× the mass of Earth.
- Your weight. You'd weigh about 1.1× your Earth weight standing here.
- Temperature. Around 912°C — hotter than a self-cleaning oven.
How we found it
- Discovery. Found by W. M. Keck Observatory using the radial velocity method.
Cosmic context
- Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.
Properties
- density gcc
- 2.5
- discovery facility
- W. M. Keck Observatory
- discovery method
- Radial Velocity
- dist ly
- 76.4947
- eccentricity
- 0.172
- eq temp k
- 1185.14
- insolation
- 309.8969
- mass earth
- 6.44
- name
- HD 1461 b
- orbital period days
- 5.7715
- radius earth
- 2.42
- sys num planets
- 2
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, HD 1461 b is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why HD 1461 b is a common exoplanet
HD 1461 b scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 8 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Sub-Neptune and Multi-planet system — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.