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Exoplanet Gliese 160.2 b
Exoplanet Gliese 160.2 b orbits star Gliese 160.2 that lies 84 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 10.205 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Gliese 160.2 b
Exoplanet
Star: Gliese 160.2
Distance from the star: 0.079 AU
Orbit around star: 9.7471 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 160.2 b around its star is 9.7471 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: 10.205 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 160.2 b has 10.205 Earth masses, or 0.7 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: 2014 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
GJ 160.2 b, Gliese 9144 b, GJ 9144 b, LHS 1628 b, BD-21 784 b, HIC 19165 b, HIP 19165 b, LFT 330 b, L 661-29 b, LTT 1866 b, NLTT 12573 b, 2MASS J04063483-2051103 b, SAO 169128 b, TIC 178351350 b, TYC 5889-644-1 b, WISEA J040634.88-205119.1 b
GJ 160.2 b, Gliese 9144 b, GJ 9144 b, LHS 1628 b, BD-21 784 b, HIC 19165 b, HIP 19165 b, LFT 330 b, L 661-29 b, LTT 1866 b, NLTT 12573 b, 2MASS J04063483-2051103 b, SAO 169128 b, TIC 178351350 b, TYC 5889-644-1 b, WISEA J040634.88-205119.1 b
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Gliese 160.2 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 160.2 b orbits star Gliese 160.2, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gliese 160.2 | ||||||||
| Gliese 160.2 b | 0.08 AU | 10.2 M⊕ | 9.7 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 160.2 b has 70 % 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 | 185.55 | 12.52 | 10.21 | 92.77 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.7 | 0.59 |
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Distance | 0.2 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.36 - 0.53 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.