Exoplanet Wolf 359 c

Name: Wolf 359 c
Creator: Stellar Catalog
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Exoplanet Wolf 359 c orbits star Wolf 359 that lies 8 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 3.8 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.

Sun distance
8 light years

Wolf 359 c

Exoplanet, super-earth

Star: Wolf 359

Distance from the star: 0.018 AU

Orbit around star: 2.68687 days

Eccentricity: 0.15

Basic characteristic

Mass: 3.8 M Earth

Year of discovery: 2019 (radial velocity)

Comparison to the Solar system planets

Mass: Earth (380 % Earth mass)

Distance: Mercury (5 % Mercury distance)

Other designations of this exoplanet
CN Leonis c, Gliese 406 c, GJ 406 c, G 045-020 c, LTT 12923 c, LFT 750 c, LHS 36 c, GCTP 2553 c

Exoplanets around star Wolf 359

Exoplanet Wolf 359 c orbits star Class red dwarf Wolf 359, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.

Wolf 359 c	\| 0.02 AU
Wolf 359 b	\| 1.85 AU

Star Wolf 359

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