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Exoplanet Gliese 3779 b
Exoplanet Gliese 3779 b orbits star Gliese 3779 that lies 45 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 8.011 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Gliese 3779 b
Exoplanet
Star: Gliese 3779
Distance from the star: 0.026 AU
Orbit around star: 3.0232 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 3779 b around its star is 3.0232 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: 8.011 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 3779 b has 8.011 Earth masses, or 0.55 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 3779 b, Ross 1020 b, LHS 350 b, G 149-81 b, LFT 999 b, LTT 13887 b, NLTT 33920 b, TIC 459826435 b, WISEA J132256.26+242754.4 b
GJ 3779 b, Ross 1020 b, LHS 350 b, G 149-81 b, LFT 999 b, LTT 13887 b, NLTT 33920 b, TIC 459826435 b, WISEA J132256.26+242754.4 b
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Gliese 3779 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 3779 b orbits star Gliese 3779, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gliese 3779 | ||||||||
| Gliese 3779 b | 0.03 AU | 8 M⊕ | 3 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 3779 b has 55 % 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 | 145.65 | 9.83 | 8.01 | 72.83 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 0.47 |
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Distance | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.07 - 0.1 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.