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Exoplanet 7 Canis Majoris c
Exoplanet 7 Canis Majoris c orbits star 7 Canis Majoris that lies 67 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 276.579 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
67 light years
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7 Canis Majoris c
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: 7 Canis Majoris
Distance from the star: 2.153 AU
Orbit around star: 996.00 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet 7 Canis Majoris c around its star is 996.00 days (or 2.7 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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Basic characteristic
Mass: 276.579 M Earth
| 0.8703 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet 7 Canis Majoris c has 276.579 Earth masses (or 0.8703 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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Year of discovery: 2019 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
Nu2 Canis Majoris c, ν2 CMa c, 7 CMa c, BD−19°1502 c, FK5 2510 c, GC 8624 c, Gliese 239.1 c, GJ 239.1 c, HD 47205 c, HIP 31592 c, HIC 31592 c, HR 2429 c, SAO 151702 c, GJ 9214 c, Gliese 9214 c, IRAS 06345-1912 c, 2MASS J06364103-1915210 c, TD1 7611 c, TIC 48237215 c, TYC 5956-2621-1 c, YZ 109 2354 c
Nu2 Canis Majoris c, ν2 CMa c, 7 CMa c, BD−19°1502 c, FK5 2510 c, GC 8624 c, Gliese 239.1 c, GJ 239.1 c, HD 47205 c, HIP 31592 c, HIC 31592 c, HR 2429 c, SAO 151702 c, GJ 9214 c, Gliese 9214 c, IRAS 06345-1912 c, 2MASS J06364103-1915210 c, TD1 7611 c, TIC 48237215 c, TYC 5956-2621-1 c, YZ 109 2354 c
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7 Canis Majoris system structure
Exoplanet 7 Canis Majoris c orbits star 7 Canis Majoris, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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7 Canis Majoris | ||||||||
| 7 Canis Majoris b | 1.76 AU | 602.4 M⊕ | 736.9 days | ||||||
| 7 Canis Majoris c | 2.15 AU | 276.6 M⊕ | 996 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, 7 Canis Majoris c has 87 % of mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star between distances of Mars and Jupiter from the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 5028.71 | 339.36 | 276.58 | 2514.35 | 0.87 | 2.91 | 18.94 | 16.08 |
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Distance | 5.52 | 2.98 | 2.15 | 1.41 | 0.41 | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.07 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 7.1 - 10.3 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.