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Exoplanet Ross 508 b
Exoplanet Ross 508 b orbits star Ross 508 that lies 37 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 3.971 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Ross 508 b
Exoplanet
Star: Ross 508
Distance from the star: 0.053 AU
Orbit around star: 10.77 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Ross 508 b around its star is 10.77 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: 0.35Basic characteristic
Mass: 3.971 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Ross 508 b has 3.971 Earth masses, or 0.27 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
LHS 396 b, G 137-2 b, G 136-103 b, GJ 585 b, Gliese 585 b, JP11 5158 b, LFT 1203 b, LTT 14584 b, 2MASS J15235112+1727569 b, NLTT 40124 b, TIC 400019820 b, WISEA J152350.85+172744.4 b
LHS 396 b, G 137-2 b, G 136-103 b, GJ 585 b, Gliese 585 b, JP11 5158 b, LFT 1203 b, LTT 14584 b, 2MASS J15235112+1727569 b, NLTT 40124 b, TIC 400019820 b, WISEA J152350.85+172744.4 b
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Ross 508 system structure
Exoplanet Ross 508 b orbits star Ross 508, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Ross 508 | ||||||||
| Ross 508 b | 0.05 AU | 4 M⊕ | 10.8 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Ross 508 b has 27 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 72.2 | 4.87 | 3.97 | 36.1 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.27 | 0.23 |
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Distance | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.06 - 0.09 AU
The planet is orbiting on the edge of the habitable zone of its star.
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02. 06 2022
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