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Exoplanet 70 Virginis b
Exoplanet 70 Virginis b orbits star 70 Virginis that lies 59 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 2352.512 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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70 Virginis b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: 70 Virginis
Distance from the star: 0.481 AU
Orbit around star: 116.6926 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet 70 Virginis b around its star is 116.6926 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: 2352.512 M Earth
| 7.4025 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet 70 Virginis b has 2352.512 Earth masses (or 7.4025 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: 1996 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
70 Vir b, BD+14°2621 b, GJ 512.1 b, Gliese 512.1 b, GJ 9446 b, Gliese 9446 b, HD 117176 b, HIC 65721 b, HIP 65721 b, HR 5072 b, SAO 100582 b, WDS 13284+1347A b, WISEA J132825.63+134637.8 b, TIC 95473936 b, TYC 898-1042-1 b, 2MASS J13282584+1346447 b, AG+14 1378 b, NLTT 34214 b, LFT 1009 b, LHS 2740 b
70 Vir b, BD+14°2621 b, GJ 512.1 b, Gliese 512.1 b, GJ 9446 b, Gliese 9446 b, HD 117176 b, HIC 65721 b, HIP 65721 b, HR 5072 b, SAO 100582 b, WDS 13284+1347A b, WISEA J132825.63+134637.8 b, TIC 95473936 b, TYC 898-1042-1 b, 2MASS J13282584+1346447 b, AG+14 1378 b, NLTT 34214 b, LFT 1009 b, LHS 2740 b
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70 Virginis system structure
Exoplanet 70 Virginis b orbits star 70 Virginis, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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70 Virginis | ||||||||
| 70 Virginis b | 0.48 AU | 2352.5 M⊕ | 116.7 days | ||||||
| 70 Virginis Dust belt | 4 AU (HZ) | - | |||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, 70 Virginis b has 7.4 times the mass of Jupiter 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 | 42772.95 | 2886.52 | 2352.51 | 21386.47 | 7.4 | 24.71 | 161.13 | 136.77 |
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Distance | 1.23 | 0.67 | 0.48 | 0.32 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 3.9 - 5.6 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.