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Exoplanet Gliese 480 b
Exoplanet Gliese 480 b orbits star Gliese 480 that lies 47 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 13.193 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Gliese 480 b
Exoplanet
Star: Gliese 480
Distance from the star: 0.068 AU
Orbit around star: 9.567 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 480 b around its star is 9.567 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: 0.1Basic characteristic
Mass: 13.193 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 480 b has 13.193 Earth masses, or 0.9 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: 2020 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
Wolf 433 b, LHS 338 b, G 60-24 b, G 61-5 b, GJ 480 b, HIC 61706 b, HIP 61706 b, LFT 933 b, LTT 13588 b, NLTT 31394 b, 2MASS J12385241+1141461 b, TIC 399119319 b, TYC 878-1104-1 b, WISEA J123851.61+114143.5 b
Wolf 433 b, LHS 338 b, G 60-24 b, G 61-5 b, GJ 480 b, HIC 61706 b, HIP 61706 b, LFT 933 b, LTT 13588 b, NLTT 31394 b, 2MASS J12385241+1141461 b, TIC 399119319 b, TYC 878-1104-1 b, WISEA J123851.61+114143.5 b
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Gliese 480 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 480 b orbits star Gliese 480, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gliese 480 | ||||||||
| Gliese 480 b | 0.07 AU | 13.2 M⊕ | 9.6 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 480 b has 90 % 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 | 239.87 | 16.19 | 13.19 | 119.94 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.9 | 0.77 |
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Distance | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.15 - 0.22 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.