Exoplanet Gliese 581 f

Exoplanet Gliese 581 f orbits star Gliese 581 that lies 21 light years away from the Sun. It has about 150px of Earth radius and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.

Sun distance
21 light years

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Gliese 581 f

Exoplanet

Star: Gliese 581

Distance from the star: 50 AU

Basic characteristic

Other designations of this exoplanet
Wolf 562 f, HO Librae f, HO Lib f, BD−07°4003 f, GJ 581 f, HIP 74995 f, LFT 1195 f, LHS 394 f, LPM 564 f, LTT 6112 f, NLTT 39886 f, TYC 5594-1093-1 f, BD-07 4003 f, Gl 581 f

Gliese 581 system structure

Exoplanet Gliese 581 f orbits star Gliese 581, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 3 known exoplanets orbiting this star.


Gliese 581
	Gliese 581 e	0.03 AU	1.8 M⊕	3.1 days
	Gliese 581 b	0.04 AU	15.3 M⊕	5.4 days
	Gliese 581 c	0.07 AU	5 M⊕	12.9 days
	Gliese 581 g disproven	0.13 AU (HZ)	2.2 M⊕	-
	Gliese 581 d disproven	0.22 AU	7 M⊕	-
	Gliese 581 f disproven	50 AU		-

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 581 f orbits its star between distances of Neptune and from the Sun.

		Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
	Distance	128.21	69.16	50	32.81	9.61	5.24	2.61	1.66

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 0.1 - 0.15 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.