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Exoplanet Gliese 486 b
Exoplanet Gliese 486 b orbits star Gliese 486 that lies 26 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 2.82 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
26 light years
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Gliese 486 b
Exoplanet, super-earth
Star: Gliese 486
Distance from the star: 0.0167 AU
Orbit around star: 1.467119 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 486 b around its star is 1.467119 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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Basic characteristic
Mass: 2.82 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 486 b has 2.82 Earth masses, or 0.19 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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Size: 1.3 R Earth | 0.1 R Jupiter
Density: 7077 kg/m3 | 128.37 % Earth
Temperature: 700 K | 426.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2021 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
GJ 486 b, Gl 486 b, Wolf 437 b, LHS 341 b, HIC 62452 b, HIP 62452 b, LFT 947 b, LTT 13654 b, G 60-32 b, Ci 20 737 b, TYC 882-1111-1 b, NLTT 31933 b, WISEA J124755.90+094500.2 b, LSPM J1247+0945 b, 2MASS J12475664+0945050 b, PLX 2943 b
GJ 486 b, Gl 486 b, Wolf 437 b, LHS 341 b, HIC 62452 b, HIP 62452 b, LFT 947 b, LTT 13654 b, G 60-32 b, Ci 20 737 b, TYC 882-1111-1 b, NLTT 31933 b, WISEA J124755.90+094500.2 b, LSPM J1247+0945 b, 2MASS J12475664+0945050 b, PLX 2943 b
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Gliese 486 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 486 b orbits star Gliese 486, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gliese 486 | ||||||||
| Gliese 486 b | 0.02 AU | 2.8 M⊕ | 1.3 R⊕ | 1.5 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 486 b has 19 % 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 | 51.27 | 3.46 | 2.82 | 25.64 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.16 |
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Size | 3.4 | 1.37 | 1.3 | 2.45 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 0.34 |
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Density | 1.31 | 1.35 | 1.28 | 1.74 | 5.69 | 10.16 | 5.63 | 4.1 |
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Distance | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 1.59 | 0.95 | 2.43 | 3.37 | 4.29 | 5.26 | 8.97 | 9.72 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.09 - 0.13 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.
The planet has mass comparable to Earth.
News from this star system
02. 05 2023
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