Gliese 806 c

Exoplanet

Star: Gliese 806

Distance from the star: 0.0523 AU

Orbit around star: 6.65064 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 5.8 M Earth

Temperature: 480 K | 207 °C

Year of discovery: 2023 (radial velocity)

Other designations of this exoplanet
LHS 3577 c, G 209-41 c, GJ 806 c, BD+44 3567 c, HIC 102401 c, HIP 102401 c, LFT 1568 c, LTT 16068 c, NLTT 49843 c, 2MASS J20450403+4429562 c, TIC 239332587 c, TYC 3178-633-1 c, WISEA J204504.52+442959.4 c, TOI-4481 c

Gliese 806 system structure

Exoplanet Gliese 806 c orbits star Gliese 806, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.


Gliese 806
	Gliese 806 b	0.01 AU	1.9 M⊕	1.3 R⊕	0.9 days
	Gliese 806 c	0.05 AU	5.8 M⊕		6.7 days

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 806 c has 40 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
Mass	105.2	7.1	5.79	52.6	0.02	0.06	0.4	0.34
Distance	0.13	0.07	0.05	0.03	0.01	0.01	0	0
Temperature	1.09	0.65	1.67	2.31	2.94	3.61	6.15	6.67

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 0.2 - 0.3 AU

The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.

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