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61 Virginis d
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Exoplanet 61 Virginis d

Exoplanet 61 Virginis d orbits star 61 Virginis that lies 28 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 22.3 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
28 light years

icon61 Virginis d

Exoplanet
icon distanceDistance from the star: 0.476 AU

Basic characteristic

icon weightMass: 22.3 M Earth
Other designations of this exoplanet
61 Vir d, Gliese 506 d, BD-17°3813 d, FK5 1345 d, GCTP 3039.00 d, HD 115617 d, HIP 64924 d, HR 5019 d, LHS 349 d, LTT 5111 d, SAO 157844 d

61 Virginis system structure

Exoplanet 61 Virginis d orbits star 61 Virginis, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 3 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
61 Virginis
61 Virginis b 0.05 AU 6.4 M 1.6 R 4.2 days
61 Virginis c 0.22 AU 19.1 M 38 days
61 Virginis d 0.48 AU 22.3 M -

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, 61 Virginis d has 1.29 times the mass of Neptune and it orbits its star between distances of Mercury and Venus from the Sun.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
icon mass Mass 404.627.322.25202.30.070.231.521.29
icon distance Distance1.220.660.480.310.090.050.020.02

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 1 - 1.4 AU
check iconThe planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.
check iconThe planet is a gas giant and has no surface.
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