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Exoplanet Gamma Piscium b
Exoplanet Gamma Piscium b orbits star Gamma Piscium that lies 138 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 425.995 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
138 light years
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Gamma Piscium b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: Gamma Piscium
Distance from the star: 1.32 AU
Orbit around star: 555.1 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gamma Piscium b around its star is 555.1 days (or 1.5 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: 425.995 M Earth
| 1.3404 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gamma Piscium b has 425.995 Earth masses (or 1.3404 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: 2021 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
γ Piscium b, gam Psc b, 6 Piscium b, BD+02°4648 b, FK5 878 b, GC 32415 b, HD 219615 b, HIC 114971 b, HIP 114971 b, HR 8852 b, PPM 173938 b, SAO 128085 b, GC 32415 b, LHS 3920 b, LFT 1778 b, LTT 16842 b, 2MASS J23170996+0316563 b, NLTT 56359 b, TIC 262691761 b, TYC 580-1884-1 b, Gaia DR2 2658974606110545536 b
γ Piscium b, gam Psc b, 6 Piscium b, BD+02°4648 b, FK5 878 b, GC 32415 b, HD 219615 b, HIC 114971 b, HIP 114971 b, HR 8852 b, PPM 173938 b, SAO 128085 b, GC 32415 b, LHS 3920 b, LFT 1778 b, LTT 16842 b, 2MASS J23170996+0316563 b, NLTT 56359 b, TIC 262691761 b, TYC 580-1884-1 b, Gaia DR2 2658974606110545536 b
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Gamma Piscium system structure
Exoplanet Gamma Piscium b orbits star Gamma Piscium, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gamma Piscium | ||||||||
| Gamma Piscium b | 1.32 AU | 426 M⊕ | 555.1 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gamma Piscium b has 1.34 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star a little closer than Mars.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 7745.36 | 522.69 | 426 | 3872.68 | 1.34 | 4.47 | 29.18 | 24.77 |
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Distance | 3.38 | 1.83 | 1.32 | 0.87 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.04 |