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Exoplanet Gliese 3049 b
Exoplanet Gliese 3049 b orbits star Gliese 3049 that lies 33 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 4.67 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Gliese 3049 b
Exoplanet, sub-neptune
Star: Gliese 3049
Distance from the star: 0.048 AU
Orbit around star: 8.781 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 3049 b around its star is 8.781 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: 0.011Basic characteristic
Mass: 4.67 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 3049 b has 4.67 Earth masses, or 0.32 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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Size: 2 R Earth | 0.2 R Jupiter
Density: 3218 kg/m3 | 58.37 % Earth
Temperature: 330 K | 56.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2022 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
LHS 1134 b, LFT 69 b, 2MASS J00432603-4117337 b, L 363-38 b, LTT 400 b, LP 989-140 b, NLTT 2382 b, GJ 3049 b
LHS 1134 b, LFT 69 b, 2MASS J00432603-4117337 b, L 363-38 b, LTT 400 b, LP 989-140 b, NLTT 2382 b, GJ 3049 b
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Gliese 3049 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 3049 b orbits star Gliese 3049, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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| Gliese 3049 b | 0.05 AU | 4.7 M⊕ | 2 R⊕ | 8.8 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 3049 b has 32 % 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 | 84.91 | 5.73 | 4.67 | 42.45 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.32 | 0.27 |
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Size | 5.22 | 2.11 | 2 | 3.77 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.5 | 0.53 |
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Density | 0.6 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.79 | 2.59 | 4.62 | 2.56 | 1.86 |
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Distance | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 0.75 | 0.45 | 1.15 | 1.59 | 2.02 | 2.48 | 4.23 | 4.58 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.11 - 0.16 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.