Gliese 876 e

Exoplanet

Star: Gliese 876

Distance from the star: 0.342 AU

Orbit around star: 124.4 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 15.4 M Earth

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

Gliese 876 system structure

Exoplanet Gliese 876 e 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 e has 1.05 times the mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

		Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
	Mass	280	18.9	15.4	140	0.05	0.16	1.05	0.9
	Distance	0.88	0.47	0.34	0.22	0.07	0.04	0.02	0.01

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 0.1 - 0.1 AU

The planet is too cold to sustain liquid water on its surface. It is however possible that there is environment with higher temperatures on some of its potential moons.

The planet is a gas giant and has no surface.

Get your next news from nearby stars

This is a new project, and partly still in development. There will be soon more information and functions. We would love your support on social media.

Living Future: Nearby stars

Visit profile on X Follow @LIVINGfUTUREcz