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Exoplanet TOI 620 c
Exoplanet TOI 620 c orbits star TOI 620 that lies 108 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 6 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
108 light years
108 light years
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TOI 620 c
Exoplanet
Star: TOI 620
Distance from the star: 15 AU
Orbit around star: 17.72 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet TOI 620 c around its star is 17.72 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: 0.2Basic characteristic
Mass: 6 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet TOI 620 c has 6 Earth masses, or 0.41 times the mass of Uranus.
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: 2022 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
TIC 296739893 c, G 161-32 c, NLTT 21863 c, Gaia EDR3 5738284016370287616 c, 2MASS J09284158-1209551 c
TIC 296739893 c, G 161-32 c, NLTT 21863 c, Gaia EDR3 5738284016370287616 c, 2MASS J09284158-1209551 c
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Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, TOI 620 c has 41 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star a little closer than Uranus.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mass | 109.09 | 7.36 | 6 | 54.55 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.41 | 0.35 |
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Distance | 38.46 | 20.75 | 15 | 9.84 | 2.88 | 1.57 | 0.78 | 0.5 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.24 - 0.35 AU
The planet is too cold to sustain liquid water on its surface. It is however possible that there is environment with higher temperatures on some of its potential moons.