Which exoplanet has the longest year?

The confirmed exoplanet with the longest year is COCONUTS-2 b: a single orbit of its star takes about 1,100,616 years. Everything about COCONUTS-2 b

Longest year known
COCONUTS-2 b
1,100,616 years · 35.5 ly
The top 25
#WorldYear lengthDistance
★ 1COCONUTS-2 b1,100,616 years35.5 ly
2CFHTWIR-Oph 98 b22,012 yearsdistance unknown
3Oph 11 b19,986 years444 ly
4VHS J125601.92-125723.9 b15,880 years41.4 ly
5b Cen AB b4,901 years320 ly
6HR 8799 b465 years135 ly
7HD 143811 AB b320 years446 ly
8HIP 81208 C b285 years481 ly
9Pluto248 years0.0 ly
10Charon248 years0.0 ly
11HD 105618 c211 years229 ly
12HR 8799 c189 years135 ly
13Neptune165 years0.0 ly
14Triton165 years0.0 ly
15PZ Tel b120 years154 ly
16PDS 70 b119 years369 ly
17HD 153557 d111 years58.5 ly
18HR 8799 d101 years135 ly
19HD 12235 c99.5 years104 ly
20HD 72659 c97.2 years169 ly
21bet Pic d90.9 years64.4 ly
22HIP 54515 b90.3 years270 ly
23HD 11505 b89.4 years127 ly
24HIP 39017 b84.9 years216 ly
25Uranus84.0 years0.0 ly

Showing the top 25 of 5,979 that qualify.

How we know

The longest confirmed years belong to worlds orbiting so far out that no one has ever watched them complete a single orbit: the period comes from the physics of the measured orbit rather than a stopwatch. Disputed rows are excluded.

For comparison, Neptune takes about 165 years to circle the Sun; the worlds on this table make that look brisk. What could unseat this record: directly imaged giants at extreme separations, whose orbits are pinned down a fraction at a time.

Common questions

Which exoplanet has the longest year?

The confirmed exoplanet with the longest year is COCONUTS-2 b: a single orbit of its star takes about 1,100,616 years.

How long is the longest year?

COCONUTS-2 b takes about 1,100,616 years to complete a single orbit. Nobody has ever watched it finish one, and nobody will: the number comes from the physics of the measured orbit rather than from waiting.

How is an orbit measured if it has never been seen to complete?

From the geometry. Measure how far the planet sits from its star and how heavy the star is, and Kepler's third law gives the period directly. A short arc of observed motion is enough to pin the orbit down.

What is it like on a planet with a year that long?

Cold and dark. A world takes that long to orbit only if it is enormously far out, where its star is a bright point rather than a disc and delivers a tiny fraction of the light Earth receives.

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