Exoplanet Wolf 359 b
Exoplanet Wolf 359 b orbits star Wolf 359 that lies 8 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 43.9 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Wolf 359 b
Exoplanet
Distance from the star:
1.845 AU
Orbit around star:
2938 days
Eccentricity:
0.04Basic characteristic
Mass:
43.9 M
Earth | 0.1381 M
Jupiter
Year of discovery:
2019 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
CN Leonis b, Gliese 406 b, GJ 406 b, G 045-020 b, LTT 12923 b, LFT 750 b, LHS 36 b, GCTP 2553 b
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Wolf 359 b has 46 % of mass of Saturn and it orbits its star between distances of Mars and Jupiter from the Sun.
|
Mercury |
Venus |
Earth |
Mars |
Jupiter |
Saturn |
Uranus |
Neptune |
|
Mass | 798.18 | 53.87 | 43.9 | 399.09 | 0.14 | 0.46 | 3.01 | 2.55 |
|
Distance | 4.73 | 2.55 | 1.85 | 1.21 | 0.35 | 0.19 | 0.1 | 0.06 |
Wolf 359 system structure
Exoplanet Wolf 359 b orbits star Wolf 359, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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