Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c

Name: TRAPPIST-1 c
Creator: Stellar Catalog
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Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c orbits star TRAPPIST-1 that lies 41 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 1.4 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.

Sun distance
41 light years

TRAPPIST-1 c

Exoplanet, rocky planet

Star: TRAPPIST-1

Distance from the star: 0.01580 AU

Orbit around star: 2.421823 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 1.4 M Earth

Size: 1.056 R Earth | 0.1 R Jupiter

Density: 6461 kg/m3 | 117 % Earth

Temperature: 341.9 K | 69 °C

Year of discovery: 2016 (transit)

Comparison to the Solar system planets

Mass: Earth (140 % Earth mass)

Size: Earth (105.6 % Earth radius)

Density: Earth (117 % Earth density)

Distance: Mercury (4 % Mercury distance)

Other designations of this exoplanet
2MASS J23062928-0502285 c, 2MASSI J2306292-050227 c, 2MASSW J2306292-050227 c, 2MUDC 12171 c, K2-112 c, TIC 278892590 c, WISEA J230630.02-050234.1 c, EPIC 200164267 c

Exoplanets around star TRAPPIST-1

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c orbits star Class red dwarf TRAPPIST-1, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is one of 7 known exoplanets orbiting this star.

TRAPPIST-1 b	\| 0.01 AU
TRAPPIST-1 c	\| 0.02 AU
TRAPPIST-1 d	\| 0.02 AU
TRAPPIST-1 e	\| 0.03 AU
TRAPPIST-1 f	\| 0.04 AU
TRAPPIST-1 g	\| 0.05 AU
TRAPPIST-1 h	\| 0.06 AU

Star TRAPPIST-1

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