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Exoplanet Gliese 86 A b
Exoplanet Gliese 86 A b orbits star Gliese 86 A that lies 35 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 2094.371 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Gliese 86 A b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: Gliese 86 A
Distance from the star: 0.1177 AU
Orbit around star: 15.766 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 86 A b around its star is 15.766 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: 0.048Basic characteristic
Mass: 2094.371 M Earth
| 6.5902 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 86 A b has 2094.371 Earth masses (or 6.5902 Jupiter masses).
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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Year of discovery: 2000 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
Gl 86 b, GJ 86 b, CD−51°532 b, HD 13445 b, HIP 10138 b, HR 637 b, SAO 232658 b, WDS J02104-5049A b, LHS 13 b, ESG 1A b, GSC 08048-01022 b, LFT 186 b, LPM 103 b, LTT 1130 b, 2MASS J02102587-5049258 b, N30 446 b, NLTT 7238 b, TIC 220017951 b, TYC 8048-1022-1 b, WISEA J021028.31-504918.3 b, b
Gl 86 b, GJ 86 b, CD−51°532 b, HD 13445 b, HIP 10138 b, HR 637 b, SAO 232658 b, WDS J02104-5049A b, LHS 13 b, ESG 1A b, GSC 08048-01022 b, LFT 186 b, LPM 103 b, LTT 1130 b, 2MASS J02102587-5049258 b, N30 446 b, NLTT 7238 b, TIC 220017951 b, TYC 8048-1022-1 b, WISEA J021028.31-504918.3 b, b
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Gliese 86 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 86 A b orbits star Gliese 86 A, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gliese 86 A | ||||||||
| Gliese 86 A b | 0.12 AU | 2094.4 M⊕ | 15.8 days | ||||||
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Gliese 86 B | 23.7 AU | |||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 86 A b has 6.59 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 38079.47 | 2569.78 | 2094.37 | 19039.74 | 6.59 | 22 | 143.45 | 121.77 |
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Distance | 0.3 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.78 - 1.1 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.