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Exoplanet Rho Coronae Borealis c
Exoplanet Rho Coronae Borealis c orbits star Rho Coronae Borealis that lies 57 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 28.198 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Rho Coronae Borealis c
Exoplanet
Star: Rho Coronae Borealis
Distance from the star: 0.4206 AU
Orbit around star: 102.19 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Rho Coronae Borealis c around its star is 102.19 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: 0.096Basic characteristic
Mass: 28.198 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Rho Coronae Borealis c has 28.198 Earth masses, or 1.64 times the mass of Neptune.
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: 2016 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
15 CrB c, 2MASS J16010264+3318124 c, BD+33°2663 c, CCDM J16011+3318A c, GC 21527 c, GJ 9537 c, Gliese 9537 c, HD 143761 c, HIC 78459 c, HIP 78459 c, HR 5968 c, LTT 14764 c, ρ CrB c, SAO 65024 c, LHS 3145 c, GJ 606.2 c, Gliese 606.2 c, NLTT 41765 c, TIC 458494003 c, TYC 2576-2228-1 c, WISEA J160102.51+331804.6 c, rho CrB c
15 CrB c, 2MASS J16010264+3318124 c, BD+33°2663 c, CCDM J16011+3318A c, GC 21527 c, GJ 9537 c, Gliese 9537 c, HD 143761 c, HIC 78459 c, HIP 78459 c, HR 5968 c, LTT 14764 c, ρ CrB c, SAO 65024 c, LHS 3145 c, GJ 606.2 c, Gliese 606.2 c, NLTT 41765 c, TIC 458494003 c, TYC 2576-2228-1 c, WISEA J160102.51+331804.6 c, rho CrB c
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Rho Coronae Borealis system structure
Exoplanet Rho Coronae Borealis c orbits star Rho Coronae Borealis, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 4 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Rho Coronae Borealis | ||||||||
| Rho Coronae Borealis e | 0.11 AU | 3.8 M⊕ | 12.9 days | ||||||
| Rho Coronae Borealis b | 0.22 AU | 330.6 M⊕ | 39.8 days | ||||||
| Rho Coronae Borealis c | 0.42 AU | 28.2 M⊕ | 102.2 days | ||||||
| Rho Coronae Borealis d | 0.83 AU | 21.6 M⊕ | 282.2 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Rho Coronae Borealis c has 1.64 times the mass of Neptune and it orbits its star between distances of Mercury and Venus from the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 512.69 | 34.6 | 28.2 | 256.35 | 0.09 | 0.3 | 1.93 | 1.64 |
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Distance | 1.08 | 0.58 | 0.42 | 0.28 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 1.4 - 2 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.