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Exoplanet Lacaille 9352 b
Exoplanet Lacaille 9352 b orbits star Lacaille 9352 that lies 11 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 3.9 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Lacaille 9352 b
Exoplanet, super-earth
Star: Lacaille 9352
Distance from the star: 0.0683 AU
Orbit around star: 9.2619 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Lacaille 9352 b around its star is 9.2619 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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Eccentricity: 0.14Basic characteristic
Mass: 3.9 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Lacaille 9352 b has 3.9 Earth masses, or 0.27 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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Temperature: 426 K | 152.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2020 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
Gliese 887 b, GJ 887 b, HD 217987 b, CD -36°15693 b, GCTP 5584 b, LHS 70 b, SAO 214301 b, LTT 9348 b, LFT 1758 b, Cordoba 31353 b, NSV 14420 b, HIP 114046 b, UGPMF 591 b, CPC 18 11792 b, Ci 20 1400 b, HIC 114046 b
Gliese 887 b, GJ 887 b, HD 217987 b, CD -36°15693 b, GCTP 5584 b, LHS 70 b, SAO 214301 b, LTT 9348 b, LFT 1758 b, Cordoba 31353 b, NSV 14420 b, HIP 114046 b, UGPMF 591 b, CPC 18 11792 b, Ci 20 1400 b, HIC 114046 b
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Lacaille 9352 system structure
Exoplanet Lacaille 9352 b orbits star Lacaille 9352, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 4 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Lacaille 9352 | ||||||||
| Lacaille 9352 e | 0.04 AU | 1.5 M⊕ | 4.4 days | ||||||
| Lacaille 9352 b | 0.07 AU | 3.9 M⊕ | 9.3 days | ||||||
| Lacaille 9352 c | 0.12 AU | 6.5 M⊕ | 21.8 days | ||||||
| Lacaille 9352 d | 0.21 AU | 6.1 M⊕ | 50.8 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Lacaille 9352 b has 27 % 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 | 70.91 | 4.79 | 3.9 | 35.45 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.27 | 0.23 |
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Distance | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 0.97 | 0.58 | 1.48 | 2.05 | 2.61 | 3.2 | 5.46 | 5.92 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.23 - 0.33 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.