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Exoplanet Gliese 514 b
Exoplanet Gliese 514 b orbits star Gliese 514 that lies 25 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 5.214 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
25 light years
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Gliese 514 b
Exoplanet, super-earth
Star: Gliese 514
Distance from the star: 0.422 AU
Orbit around star: 140.43 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 514 b around its star is 140.43 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: 0.45Basic characteristic
Mass: 5.214 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 514 b has 5.214 Earth masses, or 0.36 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: 2.2 K | -270.95 °C
Year of discovery: 2022 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
Ross 490 b, LHS 352 b, BD+11 2576 b, G 63-34 b, LTT 13925 b, NLTT 34287 b, LFT 1012 b, HIP 65859 b, HIC 65859 b, MCC 143 b, 2MASS J13295979+1022376 b, TYC 895-317-1 b, Gl 514 b
Ross 490 b, LHS 352 b, BD+11 2576 b, G 63-34 b, LTT 13925 b, NLTT 34287 b, LFT 1012 b, HIP 65859 b, HIC 65859 b, MCC 143 b, 2MASS J13295979+1022376 b, TYC 895-317-1 b, Gl 514 b
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Gliese 514 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 514 b orbits star Gliese 514, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gliese 514 | ||||||||
| Gliese 514 b | 0.42 AU | 5.2 M⊕ | 140.4 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 514 b has 36 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star between distances of Mercury and Venus from the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 94.8 | 6.4 | 5.21 | 47.4 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.36 | 0.3 |
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Distance | 1.08 | 0.58 | 0.42 | 0.28 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
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Temperature | 0.01 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.25 - 0.36 AU
The planet is orbiting on the edge of the habitable zone of its star.
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15. 04 2022
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