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Exoplanet HD 42618 b
Exoplanet HD 42618 b orbits star HD 42618 that lies 80 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 14.401 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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HD 42618 b
Exoplanet
Star: HD 42618
Distance from the star: 0.554 AU
Orbit around star: 149.61 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet HD 42618 b around its star is 149.61 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: 14.401 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet HD 42618 b has 14.401 Earth masses, or 0.99 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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Temperature: 337 K | 63.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2016 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
G 106-31 b, G 102-57 b, BD+06 1155 b, CoRoT 4910 b, GC 7897 b, GJ 3387 b, Gliese 3387 b, HIC 29432 b, HIP 29432 b, LTT 11802 b, NLTT 16201 b, 2MASS J06120056+0646592 b, SAO 113580 b, TIC 153289168 b, TYC 143-1867-1 b, WISEA J061200.70+064656.4 b
G 106-31 b, G 102-57 b, BD+06 1155 b, CoRoT 4910 b, GC 7897 b, GJ 3387 b, Gliese 3387 b, HIC 29432 b, HIP 29432 b, LTT 11802 b, NLTT 16201 b, 2MASS J06120056+0646592 b, SAO 113580 b, TIC 153289168 b, TYC 143-1867-1 b, WISEA J061200.70+064656.4 b
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HD 42618 system structure
Exoplanet HD 42618 b orbits star HD 42618, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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HD 42618 | ||||||||
| HD 42618 b | 0.55 AU | 14.4 M⊕ | 149.6 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, HD 42618 b has 99 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star a little closer than Venus.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 261.84 | 17.67 | 14.4 | 130.92 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.99 | 0.84 |
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Distance | 1.42 | 0.77 | 0.55 | 0.36 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
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Temperature | 0.77 | 0.46 | 1.17 | 1.62 | 2.07 | 2.53 | 4.32 | 4.68 |