GSC 06214-00210 b
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 GSC 06214-00210 b (lower left) with its host star, imaged by JWST/MIRI | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 2010 |
| Direct imaging | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 320 | |
| 6037.4 | |
| Star | GSC 06214-00210 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.8 | |
| Mass | 16 |
| Temperature | 2200 |
GSC 06214-00210 b is a gas giant exoplanet orbiting the K-type star GSC 06214-00210 which is located approximately 356 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius.[1][2][3]
GSC 06214-00210 b, along with 1RXS J160929.1−210524 b, was first reported in 2010 as part of an adaptive optics imaging survey targeting wide companions (~50–500 AU) to solar-type stars in the Upper Scorpius association.[4] The discovery paper, published in 2011, identified it as a ~14 Jupiter-mass companion and confirmed its comoving status with the host star.[4] Follow-up spectroscopy observations in the same year refined its properties and also the spectral type of L0±1, with multiple signs of youth.[1]