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Exoplanet Kappa Coronae Borealis b
Exoplanet Kappa Coronae Borealis b orbits star Kappa Coronae Borealis that lies 98 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 575.73 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
98 light years
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Kappa Coronae Borealis b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: Kappa Coronae Borealis
Distance from the star: 2.65 AU
Orbit around star: 1285 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Kappa Coronae Borealis b around its star is 1285 days (or 3.5 years).
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...
More about Orbital period in StellarGuide
Basic characteristic
Mass: 575.73 M Earth
| 1.8116 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Kappa Coronae Borealis b has 575.73 Earth masses (or 1.8116 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...
More about Exoplanet mass in StellarGuide
Year of discovery: 2007 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
κ CrB b, 11 CrB b, kap CrB b, HD 142091 b, HIC 77655 b, HIP 77655 b, HR 5901 b, SAO 64948 b, LTT 14702 b, FK5 1414 b, 2MASS J15511394+3539264 b, NLTT 41359 b, TIC 334753043 b, TYC 2578-1609-1 b, WISE J155113.91+353925.2 b
κ CrB b, 11 CrB b, kap CrB b, HD 142091 b, HIC 77655 b, HIP 77655 b, HR 5901 b, SAO 64948 b, LTT 14702 b, FK5 1414 b, 2MASS J15511394+3539264 b, NLTT 41359 b, TIC 334753043 b, TYC 2578-1609-1 b, WISE J155113.91+353925.2 b
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Kappa Coronae Borealis system structure
Exoplanet Kappa Coronae Borealis b orbits star Kappa Coronae Borealis, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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| Kappa Coronae Borealis b | 2.65 AU | 575.7 M⊕ | 1285 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Kappa Coronae Borealis b has 1.81 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star a little closer than Jupiter.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 10467.82 | 706.42 | 575.73 | 5233.91 | 1.81 | 6.05 | 39.43 | 33.47 |
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Distance | 6.79 | 3.67 | 2.65 | 1.74 | 0.51 | 0.28 | 0.14 | 0.09 |