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Exoplanet Wolf 503 b
Exoplanet Wolf 503 b orbits star Wolf 503 that lies 145 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 6.263 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Wolf 503 b
Exoplanet, super-earth
Star: Wolf 503
Distance from the star: 0.057 AU
Orbit around star: 6.001127 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Wolf 503 b around its star is 6.001127 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: 0.41Basic characteristic
Mass: 6.263 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Wolf 503 b has 6.263 Earth masses, or 0.43 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: 2.043 R Earth | 0.2 R Jupiter
Density: 4049 kg/m3 | 73.44 % Earth
Temperature: 790 K | 516.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2018 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
EPIC 212779563 b, Gaia DR3 3620325206217720320 b
EPIC 212779563 b, Gaia DR3 3620325206217720320 b
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Wolf 503 system structure
Exoplanet Wolf 503 b orbits star Wolf 503, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Wolf 503 | ||||||||
| Wolf 503 b | 0.06 AU | 6.3 M⊕ | 2 R⊕ | 6 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Wolf 503 b has 43 % 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 | 113.87 | 7.68 | 6.26 | 56.94 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.43 | 0.36 |
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Size | 5.34 | 2.15 | 2.04 | 3.85 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.51 | 0.54 |
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Density | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.99 | 3.25 | 5.81 | 3.22 | 2.34 |
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Distance | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 1.8 | 1.07 | 2.74 | 3.8 | 4.85 | 5.94 | 10.13 | 10.97 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.48 - 0.69 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.