About this world
HD 51608 b is a sub-Neptune orbiting HD 51608, a yellow, Sun-like star (type G7V) 114 light-years from Earth. It is about 3.6 times the size of Earth (its size estimated from its mass), with at least 13 Earth masses (a minimum, measured by radial velocity). It completes an orbit every 14.1 days at 0.11 AU from its star, closer than Mercury is to the Sun.
Its equilibrium temperature is about 760 K (487 °C): far too hot for liquid water on its surface. At its size it almost certainly keeps a deep envelope of hydrogen and helium.
It was discovered in 2019 by radial velocity with La Silla Observatory. The star wobbles toward and away from us, Doppler-shifting its spectrum. HD 51608 has 2 known planets; the others are HD 51608 c.