KIC 3526061 b: A Giant Planet Orbiting a Distant Star

KIC 3526061 is a star located 1310 light-years away, and it hosts one known planet. The star has a reported mass estimate of 1.42 solar masses, which is larger than the Sun's mass. Its reported radius estimate is 5.86 solar radii, also larger than the Sun's radius. The star's temperature is 4830 K, which is cooler than the Sun's temperature.

The planet KIC 3526061 b was discovered in 2022 using the radial velocity method. This method measures the wobble a planet's gravity induces in its star's motion; repeated wobbles reveal the planet and its orbital period. KIC 3526061 b has a minimum mass of 5770 Earth masses, which is a lower bound on its true mass. This minimum mass is larger than Earth's and is roughly 18.2 times Jupiter's mass. The planet completes one orbit around its star every 3550 days.