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Exoplanet HIP 65040 A b
Exoplanet HIP 65040 A b orbits star HIP 65040 A that lies 241 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 15895.35 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
241 light years
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HIP 65040 A b
Exoplanet, brown dwarf
Star: HIP 65040 A
Distance from the star: 0.88 AU
Orbit around star: 305.11 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet HIP 65040 A b around its star is 305.11 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: 0.591Basic characteristic
Mass: 15895.35 M Earth
| 50.0168 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet HIP 65040 A b has 15895.35 Earth masses (or 50.0168 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: 2002 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
BD+07 2634 b, NSN 641 A b
BD+07 2634 b, NSN 641 A b
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HIP 65040 system structure
Exoplanet HIP 65040 A b orbits star HIP 65040 A, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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HIP 65040 A | ||||||||
| HIP 65040 A b | 0.88 AU (HZ) | 15895.4 M⊕ | 305.1 days | ||||||
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HIP 65040 B | 174 AU AU | |||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, HIP 65040 A b has % of mass of and it orbits its star a little closer than Earth.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 289006.36 | 19503.5 | 15895.35 | 144503.18 | 50.02 | 166.97 | 1088.72 | 924.15 |
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Distance | 2.26 | 1.22 | 0.88 | 0.58 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.82 - 1.2 AU
The planet is orbiting inside the habitable zone of its star.
The planet is a gas giant and has no surface, however life could still be possible in its atmosphere or on the potential moons orbiting the planet.