Gliese 667 C c

Exoplanet, super-earth

Star: Gliese 667 C

Distance from the star: 0.125 AU

Basic characteristic

Mass: 3.7 M Earth

Size: 1.5 R Earth | 0.1 R Jupiter

Density: 6059 kg/m3 | 110 % Earth

Gliese 667 C system structure

Exoplanet Gliese 667 C c 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 c has 25 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
Mass	67.44	4.55	3.71	33.72	0.01	0.04	0.25	0.22
Size	3.92	1.58	1.5	2.83	0.13	0.16	0.38	0.39
Density	1.12	1.16	1.1	1.49	4.87	8.7	4.82	3.51
Distance	0.32	0.17	0.13	0.08	0.02	0.01	0.01	0

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 0.1 - 0.2 AU

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

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