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Exoplanet 24 Boötis b
Exoplanet 24 Boötis b orbits star 24 Boötis that lies 308 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 289.295 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
308 light years
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24 Boötis b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: 24 Boötis
Distance from the star: 0.190 AU
Orbit around star: 30.3506 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet 24 Boötis b around its star is 30.3506 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: 0.042Basic characteristic
Mass: 289.295 M Earth
| 0.9103 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet 24 Boötis b has 289.295 Earth masses (or 0.9103 Jupiter masses).
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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Year of discovery: 2018 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
g Boötis b, 24 Boo b, BD+50° 2084 b, GC 19532 b, HD 127243 b, HIP 70791 b, HR 5420 b, SAO 29165 b
g Boötis b, 24 Boo b, BD+50° 2084 b, GC 19532 b, HD 127243 b, HIP 70791 b, HR 5420 b, SAO 29165 b
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24 Boötis system structure
Exoplanet 24 Boötis b orbits star 24 Boötis, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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| 24 Boötis b | 0.19 AU | 289.3 M⊕ | 30.4 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, 24 Boötis b has 91 % of mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 5259.91 | 354.96 | 289.3 | 2629.95 | 0.91 | 3.04 | 19.81 | 16.82 |
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Distance | 0.49 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |