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Exoplanet Beta Pictoris c
Exoplanet Beta Pictoris c orbits star Beta Pictoris that lies 64 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 2765.782 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
64 light years
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Beta Pictoris c
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: Beta Pictoris
Distance from the star: 2.7 AU
Orbit around star: 1200 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Beta Pictoris c around its star is 1200 days (or 3.3 years).
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: 0.307Basic characteristic
Mass: 2765.782 M Earth
| 8.7029 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Beta Pictoris c has 2765.782 Earth masses (or 8.7029 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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Other designations of this exoplanet
GJ 219 c, Gliese 219 c, HR 2020 c, CD −51°1620 c, HD 39060 c, GCTP 1339.00 c, SAO 234134 c, HIP 27321 c, β Pictoris c, bet Pic c, β Pictoris c
GJ 219 c, Gliese 219 c, HR 2020 c, CD −51°1620 c, HD 39060 c, GCTP 1339.00 c, SAO 234134 c, HIP 27321 c, β Pictoris c, bet Pic c, β Pictoris c
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Beta Pictoris system structure
Exoplanet Beta Pictoris c orbits star Beta Pictoris, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is one of 3 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Beta Pictoris | ||||||||
| Beta Pictoris c | 2.7 AU | 2765.8 M⊕ | 1200 days | ||||||
| Beta Pictoris Inner disc | 6.4 AU | - | |||||||
| Beta Pictoris b | 10.07 AU | 2765.8 M⊕ | 16.4 R⊕ | 8617 days | |||||
| Beta Pictoris d | 26 AU | 763 M⊕ | 14.1 R⊕ | 33215 days | |||||
| Beta Pictoris Secondary disk | 140 AU | 20 R⊕ | - | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Beta Pictoris c has 8.7 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star a little closer than Jupiter.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 50286.95 | 3393.6 | 2765.78 | 25143.47 | 8.7 | 29.05 | 189.44 | 160.8 |
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Distance | 6.92 | 3.73 | 2.7 | 1.77 | 0.52 | 0.28 | 0.14 | 0.09 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 3.2 - 4.6 AU
The planet is orbiting on the edge of the habitable zone of its star.
The planet is a gas giant and has no surface, however life could still be possible in its atmosphere or on the potential moons orbiting the planet.
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