About this world
KOBE-1 b is a sub-Neptune orbiting KOBE-1, an orange dwarf (type K7V) 78.2 light-years from Earth. It is about 2.9 times the size of Earth (its size estimated from its mass), with at least 8.8 Earth masses (a minimum, measured by radial velocity). It completes an orbit every 8.54 days at 0.07 AU from its star, closer than Mercury is to the Sun.
Its equilibrium temperature is about 594 K (321 °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 2025 by radial velocity with Calar Alto Observatory. The star wobbles toward and away from us, Doppler-shifting its spectrum. KOBE-1 has 2 known planets; the others are KOBE-1 c.