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Exoplanet Nu Ophiuchi b
Exoplanet Nu Ophiuchi b orbits star Nu Ophiuchi that lies 151 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 15895.35 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
151 light years
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Nu Ophiuchi b
Exoplanet, brown dwarf
Star: Nu Ophiuchi
Distance from the star: 1.803 AU
Orbit around star: 530.73 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Nu Ophiuchi b around its star is 530.73 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...
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Eccentricity: 0.124Basic characteristic
Mass: 15895.35 M Earth
| 50.0168 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Nu Ophiuchi b has 15895.35 Earth masses (or 50.0168 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: 2003
Other designations of this exoplanet
Sinistra b, 64 Ophiuchi b, BD–09 4632 b, FK5 673 b, HD 163917 b, HIC 88048 b, HIP 88048 b, HR 6698 b, SAO 142004 b, 2MASS J17590160-0946249 b
Sinistra b, 64 Ophiuchi b, BD–09 4632 b, FK5 673 b, HD 163917 b, HIC 88048 b, HIP 88048 b, HR 6698 b, SAO 142004 b, 2MASS J17590160-0946249 b
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Nu Ophiuchi system structure
Exoplanet Nu Ophiuchi b orbits star Nu Ophiuchi, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Nu Ophiuchi | ||||||||
| Nu Ophiuchi b | 1.8 AU | 15895.4 M⊕ | 530.7 days | ||||||
| Nu Ophiuchi c | 6.02 AU | 60 M⊕ | 3189 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Nu Ophiuchi b has % of mass of 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 | 289006.36 | 19503.5 | 15895.35 | 144503.18 | 50.02 | 166.97 | 1088.72 | 924.15 |
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Distance | 4.62 | 2.49 | 1.8 | 1.18 | 0.35 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.06 |