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Exoplanet Gliese 163 e
Exoplanet Gliese 163 e orbits star Gliese 163 that lies 49 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 13.606 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Gliese 163 e
Exoplanet
Star: Gliese 163
Distance from the star: 0.7 AU
Orbit around star: 349 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 163 e around its star is 349 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: 0.03Basic characteristic
Mass: 13.606 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 163 e has 13.606 Earth masses, or 0.93 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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Year of discovery: 2019 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
GJ 163 e, HIC 19394 e, HIP 19394 e, LHS 188 e, LFT 332 e, L 229-91 e, LTT 1881 e, NLTT 12693 e, 2MASS J04091567-5322254 e, TIC 219221189 e, TYC 8502-1934-1 e, WISEA J040916.89-532219.2 e
GJ 163 e, HIC 19394 e, HIP 19394 e, LHS 188 e, LFT 332 e, L 229-91 e, LTT 1881 e, NLTT 12693 e, 2MASS J04091567-5322254 e, TIC 219221189 e, TYC 8502-1934-1 e, WISEA J040916.89-532219.2 e
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Gliese 163 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 163 e orbits star Gliese 163, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 5 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Gliese 163 | ||||||||
| Gliese 163 b | 0.06 AU | 10 M⊕ | 8.6 days | ||||||
| Gliese 163 c | 0.12 AU | 7.6 M⊕ | 25.6 days | ||||||
| Gliese 163 f | 0.33 AU | 6.8 M⊕ | 109.5 days | ||||||
| Gliese 163 e | 0.7 AU | 13.6 M⊕ | 349 days | ||||||
| Gliese 163 d | 1.02 AU | 20.2 M⊕ | 604 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 163 e has 93 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star a little closer than Venus.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 247.38 | 16.69 | 13.61 | 123.69 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.93 | 0.79 |
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Distance | 1.79 | 0.97 | 0.7 | 0.46 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.14 - 0.2 AU
The planet is too cold to sustain liquid water on its surface. It is however possible that there is environment with higher temperatures on some of its potential moons.