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Exoplanet TIC 172900988 A b
Exoplanet TIC 172900988 A b orbits star TIC 172900988 A that lies 803 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 604.023 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
803 light years
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TIC 172900988 A b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: TIC 172900988 A
Distance from the star: 0.7474 AU
Orbit around star: 151.2 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet TIC 172900988 A b around its star is 151.2 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: 604.023 M Earth
| 1.9006 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet TIC 172900988 A b has 604.023 Earth masses (or 1.9006 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: 2023 (radial velocity)Advertisement
TIC 172900988 system structure
Exoplanet TIC 172900988 A b orbits star TIC 172900988 A, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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| TIC 172900988 A b | 0.75 AU | 604 M⊕ | 151.2 days | ||||||
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Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, TIC 172900988 A b has 1.9 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star between distances of Venus and Earth from the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 10982.24 | 741.13 | 604.02 | 5491.12 | 1.9 | 6.34 | 41.37 | 35.12 |
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Distance | 1.92 | 1.03 | 0.75 | 0.49 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 206.5 - 297.5 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.