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Exoplanet Gliese 1265 b
Exoplanet Gliese 1265 b orbits star Gliese 1265 that lies 33 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 7.312 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
33 light years
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Gliese 1265 b
Exoplanet
Star: Gliese 1265
Distance from the star: 0.026 AU
Orbit around star: 3.6511 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 1265 b around its star is 3.6511 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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Basic characteristic
Mass: 7.312 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 1265 b has 7.312 Earth masses, or 0.5 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: 2018 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
GJ 1265 b, L 788-37 b, LHS 3776 b, LFT 1695 b, LP 819-52 b, LTT 8915 b, 2MASS J22134277-1741081 b, NLTT 53236 b, WISEA J221343.49-174111.9 b
GJ 1265 b, L 788-37 b, LHS 3776 b, LFT 1695 b, LP 819-52 b, LTT 8915 b, 2MASS J22134277-1741081 b, NLTT 53236 b, WISEA J221343.49-174111.9 b
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Gliese 1265 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 1265 b orbits star Gliese 1265, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gliese 1265 | ||||||||
| Gliese 1265 b | 0.03 AU | 7.3 M⊕ | 3.7 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 1265 b has 50 % 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 | 132.95 | 8.97 | 7.31 | 66.47 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.5 | 0.43 |
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Distance | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.04 - 0.06 AU
The planet's orbit is close to hotter edge of the habitable zone of its star.