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Exoplanet Gaia-2 b
Exoplanet Gaia-2 b orbits star Gaia-2 that lies 676 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 245.742 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Gaia-2 b
Exoplanet
Star: Gaia-2
Distance from the star: 0.0467 AU
Orbit around star: 3.691523 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gaia-2 b around its star is 3.691523 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...
More about Orbital period in StellarGuide
Eccentricity: 0.346Basic characteristic
Mass: 245.742 M Earth
| 0.7733 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gaia-2 b has 245.742 Earth masses (or 0.7733 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
Size: 14.874 R Earth | 1.3 R Jupiter
Density: 412 kg/m3 | 7.47 % Earth
Year of discovery: 2022 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
TOI-6072 b, Gaia EDR3 1107980654748582144 b
TOI-6072 b, Gaia EDR3 1107980654748582144 b
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Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gaia-2 b has 77 % of 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 | 4468.04 | 301.52 | 245.74 | 2234.02 | 0.77 | 2.58 | 16.83 | 14.29 |
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Size | 38.85 | 15.66 | 14.87 | 28.06 | 1.33 | 1.63 | 3.72 | 3.91 |
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Density | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.1 | 0.33 | 0.59 | 0.33 | 0.24 |
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Distance | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 1.1 - 1.7 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.
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