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Exoplanet Gliese 9404 b
Exoplanet Gliese 9404 b orbits star Gliese 9404 that lies 78 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 11.89 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Gliese 9404 b
Exoplanet
Star: Gliese 9404
Distance from the star: 0.0943 AU
Orbit around star: 13.4586 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 9404 b around its star is 13.4586 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: 0.49Basic characteristic
Mass: 11.89 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 9404 b has 11.89 Earth masses, or 0.81 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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Year of discovery: 2022 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
BD+29 2279 b, GJ 9404 b
BD+29 2279 b, GJ 9404 b
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Gliese 9404 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 9404 b orbits star Gliese 9404, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gliese 9404 | ||||||||
| Gliese 9404 b | 0.09 AU | 11.9 M⊕ | 13.5 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 9404 b has 81 % 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 | 216.18 | 14.59 | 11.89 | 108.09 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.81 | 0.69 |
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Distance | 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |