Gliese 740 b

Exoplanet, super-earth

Star: Gliese 740

Distance from the star: 0.029 AU

Orbit around star: 2.37756 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 3.2 M Earth

Temperature: 829 K | 556 °C

Year of discovery: 2021 (radial velocity)

Other designations of this exoplanet
GJ 740 b, LHS 470 b, HD 176029 b, HIC 93101 b, BD+05 3993 b, NLTT 47240 b, LTT 15568 b, LFT 1443 b

Gliese 740 system structure

Exoplanet Gliese 740 b orbits star Gliese 740, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.


Gliese 740
	Gliese 740 b	0.03 AU	3.2 M⊕	2.4 days
	Gliese 740 c unconfirmed	5 AU	98.6 M⊕	-

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 740 b has 22 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
Mass	57.8	3.9	3.18	28.9	0.01	0.03	0.22	0.18
Distance	0.07	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.01	0	0	0
Temperature	1.88	1.12	2.88	3.99	5.09	6.23	10.63	11.51

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 0.3 - 0.5 AU

The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.

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