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Exoplanet Ross 690 b
Exoplanet Ross 690 b orbits star Ross 690 that lies 60 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 492.756 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
60 light years
60 light years
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Ross 690 b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: Ross 690
Distance from the star: 3.53 AU
Orbit around star: 3448 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Ross 690 b around its star is 3448 days (or 9.4 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: 0.09Basic characteristic
Mass: 492.756 M Earth
| 1.5505 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Ross 690 b has 492.756 Earth masses (or 1.5505 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: 2022 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
GJ 463 b, Gliese 463 b
GJ 463 b, Gliese 463 b
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Ross 690 system structure
Exoplanet Ross 690 b orbits star Ross 690, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Ross 690 | ||||||||
| Ross 690 b | 3.53 AU | 492.8 M⊕ | 3448 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Ross 690 b has 1.55 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star a little closer than Jupiter.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 8959.2 | 604.61 | 492.76 | 4479.6 | 1.55 | 5.18 | 33.75 | 28.65 |
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Distance | 9.05 | 4.88 | 3.53 | 2.32 | 0.68 | 0.37 | 0.18 | 0.12 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.08 - 0.11 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.
The planet is probably a gas giant and has no surface, however life could still be possible on the potential moons orbiting it.