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Exoplanet Gliese 617 A b
Exoplanet Gliese 617 A b orbits star Gliese 617 A that lies 35 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 10 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
35 light years
35 light years
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Gliese 617 A b
Exoplanet
Star: Gliese 617 A
Distance from the star: 0.3193 AUBasic characteristic
Mass: 10 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 617 A b has 10 Earth masses, or 0.68 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: 5.82 R Earth | 0.5 R Jupiter
Density: 280 kg/m3 | 5.08 % Earth
Other designations of this exoplanet
LHS 3175 b, G 257-32 b, GJ 617 A b, HIC 79755 b, HIP 79755 b, LFT 1263 b, LTT 14863 b, HD 147379 b, 2MASS J16164280+6714196 b, NLTT 42488 b, SAO 17026 b, TIC 230073581 b, TYC 4195-721-1 b, WISEA J161641.85+671420.6 b
LHS 3175 b, G 257-32 b, GJ 617 A b, HIC 79755 b, HIP 79755 b, LFT 1263 b, LTT 14863 b, HD 147379 b, 2MASS J16164280+6714196 b, NLTT 42488 b, SAO 17026 b, TIC 230073581 b, TYC 4195-721-1 b, WISEA J161641.85+671420.6 b
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Gliese 617 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 617 A b orbits star Gliese 617 A, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 617 A b has 68 % 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 | 181.82 | 12.27 | 10 | 90.91 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.68 | 0.58 |
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Size | 15.2 | 6.13 | 5.82 | 10.98 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 1.46 | 1.53 |
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Density | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.23 | 0.4 | 0.22 | 0.16 |
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Distance | 0.82 | 0.44 | 0.32 | 0.21 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |