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Exoplanet Gliese 806 c
Exoplanet Gliese 806 c orbits star Gliese 806 that lies 39 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 5.786 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Gliese 806 c
Exoplanet
Star: Gliese 806
Distance from the star: 0.0523 AU
Orbit around star: 6.65064 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 806 c around its star is 6.65064 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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Basic characteristic
Mass: 5.786 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 806 c has 5.786 Earth masses, or 0.4 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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Temperature: 480 K | 206.85 °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
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
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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.
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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 | ||
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Mass | 105.2 | 7.1 | 5.79 | 52.6 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.4 | 0.34 |
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Distance | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 1.09 | 0.65 | 1.67 | 2.31 | 2.94 | 3.61 | 6.15 | 6.67 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.18 - 0.27 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.