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Exoplanet Gliese 176 b
Exoplanet Gliese 176 b orbits star Gliese 176 that lies 31 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 9.06 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
31 light years
31 light years
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Gliese 176 b
Exoplanet, super-earth
Star: Gliese 176
Distance from the star: 0.066 AU
Orbit around star: 10.2 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 176 b around its star is 10.2 days.
The orbital period of an exoplanet is the time it takes to complete one full orbit around its star, usually measured in days. Most of the exoplanets discovered so far have orbital periods of less than one year...
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Basic characteristic
Mass: 9.06 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 176 b has 9.06 Earth masses, or 0.62 times the mass of Uranus.
The mass of an exoplanet is one of the most important characteristics for understanding what kind of world it is — whether it’s small and rocky like Earth or large and gaseous like Jupiter. Mass provides key information about the planet’s composition, gravity, and formation history...
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Other designations of this exoplanet
Ross 33 b, BD+18° 683 b, BD+18 683 b, HD 285968 b, HIP 21932 b, LHS 196 b, G 85-9 b, G 83-32 b, G 8-55 b, LFT 372 b, LTT 11495 b, 2MASS J04425581+1857285 b, NLTT 13785 b, MCC 107 b, GJ 176 b
Ross 33 b, BD+18° 683 b, BD+18 683 b, HD 285968 b, HIP 21932 b, LHS 196 b, G 85-9 b, G 83-32 b, G 8-55 b, LFT 372 b, LTT 11495 b, 2MASS J04425581+1857285 b, NLTT 13785 b, MCC 107 b, GJ 176 b
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Gliese 176 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 176 b orbits star Gliese 176, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Gliese 176 | ||||||||
| Gliese 176 b | 0.07 AU | 9.1 M⊕ | 10.2 days | ||||||
| Gliese 176 c | 0.15 AU | 7.4 M⊕ | - | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 176 b has 62 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 164.73 | 11.12 | 9.06 | 82.36 | 0.03 | 0.1 | 0.62 | 0.53 |
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Distance | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.2 - 0.29 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.