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Exoplanet Gliese 1018 b
Exoplanet Gliese 1018 b orbits star Gliese 1018 that lies 72 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 2.68 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Gliese 1018 b
Exoplanet, super-earth
Star: Gliese 1018
Distance from the star: 0.0559 AU
Orbit around star: 7.397225 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 1018 b around its star is 7.397225 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: 2.68 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 1018 b has 2.68 Earth masses, or 0.18 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: 1.52 R Earth | 0.1 R Jupiter
Density: 4208 kg/m3 | 76.33 % Earth
Temperature: 458 K | 184.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2023 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
G 267-158 b, GJ 1018 b, LP 937-95 b, 2MASS J00421695-3643053 b
G 267-158 b, GJ 1018 b, LP 937-95 b, 2MASS J00421695-3643053 b
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Gliese 1018 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 1018 b orbits star Gliese 1018, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gliese 1018 | ||||||||
| Gliese 1018 b | 0.06 AU | 2.7 M⊕ | 1.5 R⊕ | 7.4 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 1018 b has 18 % 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 | 48.73 | 3.29 | 2.68 | 24.36 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.16 |
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Size | 3.97 | 1.6 | 1.52 | 2.87 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.38 | 0.4 |
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Density | 0.78 | 0.8 | 0.76 | 1.03 | 3.38 | 6.04 | 3.35 | 2.43 |
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Distance | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 1.04 | 0.62 | 1.59 | 2.2 | 2.81 | 3.44 | 5.87 | 6.36 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.13 - 0.19 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.
The planet has mass comparable to Earth.
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