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Exoplanet 16 Cygni B b
Exoplanet 16 Cygni B b orbits star 16 Cygni B that lies 69 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 756.619 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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16 Cygni B b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: 16 Cygni B
Distance from the star: 1.693 AU
Orbit around star: 799.5 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet 16 Cygni B b around its star is 799.5 days (or 2.2 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...
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Eccentricity: 0.689Basic characteristic
Mass: 756.619 M Earth
| 2.3808 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet 16 Cygni B b has 756.619 Earth masses (or 2.3808 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
BD+50 2848 b, Gliese 765.1 B b, GJ 765.1 B b, HD 186427 b, HIC 96901 b, HIP 96901 b, HR 7504 b, LTT 15751 b, SAO 31899 b, Struve 4046B b, KIC 12069449 b
BD+50 2848 b, Gliese 765.1 B b, GJ 765.1 B b, HD 186427 b, HIC 96901 b, HIP 96901 b, HR 7504 b, LTT 15751 b, SAO 31899 b, Struve 4046B b, KIC 12069449 b
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16 Cygni system structure
Exoplanet 16 Cygni B b orbits star 16 Cygni B, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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16 Cygni A | ||||||||
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| 16 Cygni B b | 1.69 AU | 756.6 M⊕ | 799.5 days | ||||||
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Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, 16 Cygni B b has 2.38 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star between distances of Mars and Jupiter from the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 13756.71 | 928.37 | 756.62 | 6878.35 | 2.38 | 7.95 | 51.82 | 43.99 |
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Distance | 4.34 | 2.34 | 1.69 | 1.11 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 2.6 - 3.7 AU
The planet's orbit is close to hotter edge of the habitable zone of its star.