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Exoplanet HD 163607 b
Exoplanet HD 163607 b orbits star HD 163607 that lies 221 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 249.112 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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HD 163607 b
Exoplanet
Star: HD 163607
Distance from the star: 0.362 AU
Orbit around star: 75.2203 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet HD 163607 b around its star is 75.2203 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: 0.7441Basic characteristic
Mass: 249.112 M Earth
| 0.7839 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet HD 163607 b has 249.112 Earth masses (or 0.7839 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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Size: 14.224 R Earth | 1.3 R Jupiter
Density: 477 kg/m3 | 8.65 % Earth
Year of discovery: 2011 (radial velocity)Advertisement
HD 163607 system structure
Exoplanet HD 163607 b orbits star HD 163607, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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HD 163607 | ||||||||
| HD 163607 b | 0.36 AU | 249.1 M⊕ | 14.2 R⊕ | 75.2 days | |||||
| HD 163607 c | 2.39 AU (HZ) | 699.7 M⊕ | 13.5 R⊕ | 1272 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, HD 163607 b has 78 % of mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 4529.31 | 305.66 | 249.11 | 2264.65 | 0.78 | 2.62 | 17.06 | 14.48 |
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Size | 37.15 | 14.97 | 14.22 | 26.84 | 1.27 | 1.56 | 3.56 | 3.74 |
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Density | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.38 | 0.68 | 0.38 | 0.28 |
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Distance | 0.93 | 0.5 | 0.36 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 1.7 - 2.5 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.