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Exoplanet Proxima Centauri c

Exoplanet Proxima Centauri c orbits star Proxima Centauri that lies 4 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 7.8 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
4 light years

Proxima Centauri c

Exoplanet
Star: Proxima Centauri
icon distanceDistance from the star: 1.48 AU
icon timeOrbit around star: 1928 days

Basic characteristic

icon weightMass: 7.8 M Earth
icon temperatureTemperature: 39 K | -234 °C
icon discoveryYear of discovery: 2019 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
Alpha Centauri C c, CCDM J14396-6050C c, GCTP 3278.00 c, Gliese 551 c, HIP 70890 c, LFT 1110 c, LHS 49 c, LPM 526 c, LTT 5721 c, NLTT 37460 c, V645 Centauri c

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Proxima Centauri c has 53 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star a little closer than Mars.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
icon mass Mass 141.629.567.7970.810.020.080.530.45
icon distance Distance3.792.051.480.970.280.160.080.05
icon temp Temperature0.090.050.140.190.240.290.50.54

Proxima Centauri system structure

Exoplanet Proxima Centauri c orbits star Proxima Centauri, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is one of 3 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
Proxima Centauri8700 AU
 Proxima Centauri d
unconfirmed
 0.03 AU 0.3 M⊕ 5.2 days
Proxima Centauri b 0.05 AU 1.2 M⊕ 1.1 R⊕ 11.2 days
Proxima Centauri c 1.48 AU 7.8 M⊕ 1928 days
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