Gliese 1002 b

Exoplanet

Star: Gliese 1002

Distance from the star: 0.0457 AU

Orbit around star: 10.3465 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 1.1 M Earth

Year of discovery: 2022 (radial velocity)

Other designations of this exoplanet
LHS 2 b, G 158-27 b, GCTP 9.01 b, Gaia DR2 2441630500517079808 b, GJ 1002 b, JP11 5942 b, 2MASS J00064325-0732147 b, NLTT 248 b, TIC 176287658 b, PM 00042-0747 b, UCAC4 413-000170 b, WISEA J000642.61-073237.0 b, Zkh 3 b

Gliese 1002 system structure

Exoplanet Gliese 1002 b orbits star Gliese 1002, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.


Gliese 1002
	Gliese 1002 b	0.05 AU	1.1 M⊕	10.3 days
	Gliese 1002 c	0.07 AU	1.4 M⊕	20.2 days

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 1002 b has 1.08 times the mass of Earth and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

		Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
	Mass	19.65	1.33	1.08	9.83	0	0.01	0.07	0.06
	Distance	0.12	0.06	0.05	0.03	0.01	0	0	0

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 0 - 0 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 has mass comparable to Earth.

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