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Exoplanet HD 564 b
Exoplanet HD 564 b orbits star HD 564 that lies 167 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 104.909 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
167 light years
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HD 564 b
Exoplanet
Star: HD 564
Distance from the star: 1.2 AU
Orbit around star: 492.3 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet HD 564 b around its star is 492.3 days (or 1.3 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: 0.096Basic characteristic
Mass: 104.909 M Earth
| 0.3301 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet HD 564 b has 104.909 Earth masses (or 0.3301 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
Year of discovery: 2014 (radial velocity)Advertisement
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, HD 564 b has 1.1 times the mass of Saturn and it orbits its star between distances of Earth and Mars from the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mass | 1907.44 | 128.72 | 104.91 | 953.72 | 0.33 | 1.1 | 7.19 | 6.1 |
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Distance | 3.08 | 1.66 | 1.2 | 0.79 | 0.23 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 1.1 - 1.6 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.