Exoplanet Gliese 9689 b

Exoplanet Gliese 9689 b orbits star Gliese 9689 that lies 100 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 9.7 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
100 light years
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iconGliese 9689 b

Exoplanet, super-earth
icon distanceDistance from the star: 0.1 AU

Basic characteristic

icon weight
Mass: 9.7 M Earth
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Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 9689 b has 9.7 Earth masses, or 0.66 times the mass of Uranus.

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Other designations of this exoplanet
GJ 9689 b, Ross 754 b, G 143-38 b, Gliese 784.1 b, GJ 784.1 b, HIC 99699 b, HIP 99699 b, LTT 15920 b, NLTT 48906 b, 2MASS J20135177+1323197 b, TIC 87942223 b, TYC 1085-448-1 b, WISEA J201352.11+132319.9 b
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Gliese 9689 system structure

Exoplanet Gliese 9689 b orbits star Gliese 9689, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
Gliese 9689
Gliese 9689 b 0.1 AU 9.7 M⊕ -

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 9689 b has 66 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
icon mass Mass 176.3611.99.788.180.030.10.660.56
icon distance Distance0.260.140.10.070.020.010.010
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