Exoplanet Ross 128 b

Name: Ross 128 b
Creator: Stellar Catalog
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Exoplanet Ross 128 b orbits star Ross 128 that lies 11 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 1.4 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.

Sun distance
11 light years

Ross 128 b

Exoplanet, super-earth

Star: Ross 128

Distance from the star: 0.05 AU

Orbit around star: 9.8596 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 1.4 M Earth

Size: 1.2 R Earth | 0.1 R Jupiter

Density: 4464 kg/m3 | 81 % Earth

Temperature: 260 K | -13 °C

Year of discovery: 2017 (radial velocity)

Comparison to the Solar system planets

Mass: Earth (140 % Earth mass)

Size: Earth (120 % Earth radius)

Density: Mars (114 % Mars density)

Distance: Mercury (13 % Mercury distance)

Other designations of this exoplanet
FI Virginis b, FI Vir b, G 010-050 b, GCTP 2730 b, GJ 447 b, Gliese 447 b, HIC 57548 b, HIP 57548 b, LHS 315 b, Vyssotsky 286 b, LTT 13240 b, LFT 852 b, LSPM PM I11477+0048 b

Exoplanets around star Ross 128

Exoplanet Ross 128 b orbits star Class red dwarf Ross 128, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star

Ross 128 b

| 0.05 AU

Star Ross 128

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