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Exoplanet V1298 Tauri A d
Exoplanet V1298 Tauri A d orbits star V1298 Tauri A that lies 352 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 6 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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V1298 Tauri A d
Exoplanet, super-puff
Star: V1298 Tauri A
Distance from the star: 0.1101 AU
Orbit around star: 12.402 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet V1298 Tauri A d around its star is 12.402 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: 0.21Basic characteristic
Mass: 6 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet V1298 Tauri A d has 6 Earth masses, or 0.41 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: 7.25 R Earth | 0.6 R Jupiter
Density: 87 kg/m3 | 1.58 % Earth
Temperature: 855 K | 581.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2019 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
V 1298 Tau d, K2-309 d, 2MASS J04051959+2009256 d, BD+19 656 d, EPIC 210818897 d, RX J0405.3+2009 d, 1SWASP J040519.59+200925.5 d
V 1298 Tau d, K2-309 d, 2MASS J04051959+2009256 d, BD+19 656 d, EPIC 210818897 d, RX J0405.3+2009 d, 1SWASP J040519.59+200925.5 d
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V1298 Tauri system structure
Exoplanet V1298 Tauri A d orbits star V1298 Tauri A, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is one of 4 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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V1298 Tauri A | ||||||||
| V1298 Tauri A c | 0.08 AU | 4.7 M⊕ | 4.9 R⊕ | 8.2 days | |||||
| V1298 Tauri A d | 0.11 AU | 6 M⊕ | 7.3 R⊕ | 12.4 days | |||||
| V1298 Tauri A b | 0.17 AU | 13.1 M⊕ | 10 R⊕ | 24.1 days | |||||
| V1298 Tauri A e | 0.27 AU | 15.3 M⊕ | 11.2 R⊕ | 46.8 days | |||||
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V1298 Tauri B | 14,795 AU | |||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, V1298 Tauri A d has 41 % 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 | 109.09 | 7.36 | 6 | 54.55 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.41 | 0.35 |
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Size | 18.93 | 7.63 | 7.25 | 13.68 | 0.65 | 0.8 | 1.81 | 1.91 |
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Density | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
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Distance | 0.28 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 |
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Temperature | 1.94 | 1.16 | 2.97 | 4.11 | 5.25 | 6.43 | 10.96 | 11.88 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 1.3 - 1.8 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.