Gliese 876 c

Exoplanet, gas giant

Star: Gliese 876

Distance from the star: 0.133 AU

Orbit around star: 30.126 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 241.5 M Earth | 0.7599 M Jupiter

Other designations of this exoplanet
Ross 780 c, BD-15°6290 c, G 156-057 c, GCTP 5546.00 c, HIC 113020 c, HIP 113020 c, IL Aquarii c, LHS 530 c, Vys 337 c, GJ 876 c

Gliese 876 system structure

Exoplanet Gliese 876 c orbits star Gliese 876, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 4 known exoplanets orbiting this star.


Gliese 876
	Gliese 876 d	0.02 AU	6.9 M⊕	1.9 days
	Gliese 876 c	0.13 AU	241.5 M⊕	30.1 days
	Gliese 876 b	0.21 AU	760.9 M⊕	61.1 days
	Gliese 876 e	0.34 AU	15.4 M⊕	124.4 days

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 876 c has 76 % of mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

		Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
	Mass	4390.91	296.32	241.5	2195.45	0.76	2.54	16.54	14.04
	Distance	0.34	0.18	0.13	0.09	0.03	0.01	0.01	0

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 0.1 - 0.1 AU

The planet is orbiting on the edge of the habitable zone of its star.

The planet is a gas giant and has no surface, however life could still be possible in its atmosphere or on the potential moons orbiting the planet.

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