Exoplanet Gliese 229 A c

Exoplanet Gliese 229 A c orbits star Gliese 229 A that lies 19 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 7.9 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.

Gliese 229 A c

Exoplanet, super-earth

Star: Gliese 229 A

Distance from the star: 0.339 AU

Orbit around star: 121.995 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 7.9 M Earth

Year of discovery: 2020 (radial velocity)

Other designations of this exoplanet
HD 42581 c, HIP 29295 c, LHS 1827 c, NSV 2863 c, SAO 171334 c, TYC 5945-765-1 c, WISE J061034.53-215200.3 c, GJ 229 c

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 229 A c has 54 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

		Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
	Mass	144.18	9.73	7.93	72.09	0.02	0.08	0.54	0.46
	Distance	0.87	0.47	0.34	0.22	0.07	0.04	0.02	0.01

Gliese 229 system structure

Exoplanet Gliese 229 A c orbits star Gliese 229 A, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 3 known exoplanets orbiting this star.

Gliese 229 A
	Gliese 229 A c	0.34 AU	7.9 M⊕	122 days
	Gliese 229 A d	0.34 AU	7.9 M⊕	122 days
	Gliese 229 A b	0.9 AU	10.2 M⊕	-
Gliese 229 B

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