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Exoplanet HD 168443 b
Exoplanet HD 168443 b orbits star HD 168443 that lies 129 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 2434.85 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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HD 168443 b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: HD 168443
Distance from the star: 0.2931 AU
Orbit around star: 58.11247 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet HD 168443 b around its star is 58.11247 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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Eccentricity: 0.52883Basic characteristic
Mass: 2434.85 M Earth
| 7.6616 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet HD 168443 b has 2434.85 Earth masses (or 7.6616 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: 1998 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
BD−09°4692 b, GJ 4052 b, Gliese 4052 b, HD 168443 b, HIC 89844 b, HIP 89844 b, SAO 142228 b, LTT 7289 b
BD−09°4692 b, GJ 4052 b, Gliese 4052 b, HD 168443 b, HIC 89844 b, HIP 89844 b, SAO 142228 b, LTT 7289 b
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HD 168443 system structure
Exoplanet HD 168443 b orbits star HD 168443, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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HD 168443 | ||||||||
| HD 168443 b | 0.29 AU | 2434.9 M⊕ | 58.1 days | ||||||
| HD 168443 c | 2.84 AU | 5465.8 M⊕ | 1749.8 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, HD 168443 b has 7.66 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 44270 | 2987.55 | 2434.85 | 22135 | 7.66 | 25.58 | 166.77 | 141.56 |
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Distance | 0.75 | 0.41 | 0.29 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |