Luhman 16 b
Luhman 16 b orbits the star Luhman 16 A. It completes an orbit in 9,697 Earth days.
Get to know this world ↓Size-based classification; composition may be uncertain.
Around 1,090% wider than Earth.
Time to complete one orbit.
Imaging
Overview
Luhman 16 b is one of the confirmed worlds in the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Recorded as discovered in 2017. The credited discovery facility is Multiple Observatories. Its Imaging evidence gives us a way to study a planet that is usually too faint to see directly.
Its recorded radius is 11.9 times Earth's radius. Size is useful for comparison, but it cannot establish surface conditions by itself.
The planet
The archive lists a mass or minimum-mass value of 9,344.16 Earth masses (Mass). Radius: 11.9 Earth radii.
Mass and radius constrain possible interiors; multiple compositions can fit a given set of measurements.
Orbit & year
A year here lasts 9,697 Earth days. Its recorded semi-major axis is 3.52 AU. One AU is roughly the Earth–Sun distance.
Eccentricity: 0.344. Zero describes a circular orbit; increasing values describe more elongated ellipses.
Host star
Mass: 0.03 times the Sun’s mass.
Planetary system
1 confirmed planets are stored for this star.
Luhman 16 b · 9,697-day orbit
Discovery
Reported discovery year: 2017. Method: Imaging. Facility: Multiple Observatories.
First stored in this atlas: 04/10/2026. This is an ingestion date, not a confirmation date.
How these methods work ↗Potential habitability
The data here does not establish habitability, liquid water, or life. An appropriate atmosphere and many other conditions would be needed.
Understand the habitable zone ↗What do we actually know?
The underlying light, motion or timing signal. Usually not a photograph of the planet.
Parameters derived from observations, with instrument and model uncertainty.
Our light-year conversion and browsing class are calculated from archive values.
Equilibrium temperature is an energy-balance estimate, not surface weather.
Possible composition depends on models and may not be unique.
Surface conditions and the presence of life are not established here.
Measured signals are interpreted through models. The archive’s composite table combines published values and may include calculated estimates. Values do not necessarily form one self-consistent solution.
Radius and mass can be estimated or inferred, orbital period comes from recurring observations, and size classification is calculated by this site. Atmospheric and surface conditions remain unknown unless established by specific observations.
Consult the archive for individual parameter references and uncertainty intervals before scientific use.
Scientific data
| Radius | 11.9 Earth radii |
|---|---|
| Mass / minimum mass | 9,344.15517 Earth masses (Mass) |
| Orbital period | 9,697 Earth days |
| Semi-major axis | 3.52 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.344 |
| Host star mass | 0.0338 Solar masses |
| Discovery year | 2,017 |
| Discovery method | Imaging |
| Discovery facility | Multiple Observatories |
| Discovery publication | 2017-09 |
Uncertainties and parameter provenance
Archive uncertainty ranges and published references, where available. A missing uncertainty does not imply an exact value.
| Parameter | Uncertainty / source |
|---|---|
| Radius | Upper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableCalculated Value |
| Mass / minimum mass | +63.56568 / -63.56568Bedin et al. 2024 |
| Orbital period | +1,790 / -1,534Bedin et al. 2024 |
Sources
NASA Exoplanet Archive · Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (PSCompPars).
Open the scientific archive record ↗Last changed in this atlas: 04/10/2026, 11:39:41. Read our methodology.