Exoplanet Gliese 667 C b

Exoplanet Gliese 667 C b orbits star Gliese 667 C that lies 24 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 5.7 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.

Gliese 667 C b

Exoplanet

Star: Gliese 667 C

Distance from the star: 0.05 AU

Basic characteristic

Mass: 5.7 M Earth

Gliese 667 C system structure

Exoplanet Gliese 667 C b orbits star Gliese 667 C, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 5 known exoplanets orbiting this star.


Gliese 667 A
Gliese 667 B
Gliese 667 C
	Gliese 667 C b	0.05 AU	5.7 M⊕		-
	Gliese 667 C c	0.13 AU	3.7 M⊕	1.5 R⊕	-
	Gliese 667 C f	0.16 AU	2.7 M⊕		39 days
	Gliese 667 C e	0.21 AU	2.7 M⊕		62.2 days
	Gliese 667 C g	0.55 AU	4.6 M⊕		256.2 days

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 667 C b has 39 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

		Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
	Mass	102.93	6.95	5.66	51.46	0.02	0.06	0.39	0.33
	Distance	0.13	0.07	0.05	0.03	0.01	0.01	0	0

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 0.1 - 0.2 AU

The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.

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