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Gliese 686 b
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Exoplanet Gliese 686 b

Exoplanet Gliese 686 b orbits star Gliese 686 that lies 27 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 7.1 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
27 light years

Gliese 686 b

Exoplanet
Star: Gliese 686
icon distanceDistance from the star: 0.091 AU

Basic characteristic

icon weightMass: 7.1 M Earth
Other designations of this exoplanet
BD+18 3421 b, LHS 452 b, G 170-55 b, HIC 86287 b, HIP 86287 b, L 1278-24 b, LFT 1363 b, LTT 15228 b, NLTT 45173 b, GJ 686 b

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 686 b has 49 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
icon mass Mass 129.098.717.164.550.020.070.490.41
icon distance Distance0.230.130.090.060.020.0100

Gliese 686 system structure

Exoplanet Gliese 686 b orbits star Gliese 686, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
Gliese 686
Gliese 686 b 0.09 AU 7.1 M -
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