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Exoplanet HD 5608 b
Exoplanet HD 5608 b orbits star HD 5608 that lies 191 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 371.2 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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HD 5608 b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: HD 5608
Distance from the star: 1.790 AU
Orbit around star: 768.70 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet HD 5608 b around its star is 768.70 days (or 2.1 years).
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...
More about Orbital period in StellarGuide
Eccentricity: 0.11Basic characteristic
Mass: 371.2 M Earth
| 1.1680 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet HD 5608 b has 371.2 Earth masses (or 1.1680 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...
More about Exoplanet mass in StellarGuide
Size: 13.697 R Earth | 1.2 R Jupiter
Density: 796 kg/m3 | 14.44 % Earth
Year of discovery: 2012 (radial velocity)Advertisement
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, HD 5608 b has 1.17 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star between distances of Mars and Jupiter from the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mass | 6749.09 | 455.46 | 371.2 | 3374.55 | 1.17 | 3.9 | 25.42 | 21.58 |
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Size | 35.77 | 14.42 | 13.7 | 25.84 | 1.22 | 1.51 | 3.42 | 3.6 |
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Density | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.2 | 0.64 | 1.14 | 0.63 | 0.46 |
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Distance | 4.59 | 2.48 | 1.79 | 1.17 | 0.34 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.06 |