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Exoplanet Kepler 59 b
Exoplanet Kepler 59 b orbits star Kepler 59 that lies 3919 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 3.43 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Kepler 59 b
Exoplanet, super-earth
Star: Kepler 59
Distance from the star: 0.112 AU
Orbit around star: 11.86817 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Kepler 59 b around its star is 11.86817 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: 0.09Basic characteristic
Mass: 3.43 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Kepler 59 b has 3.43 Earth masses, or 0.23 times the mass of Uranus.
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: 1.5 R Earth | 0.1 R Jupiter
Density: 5603 kg/m3 | 101.63 % Earth
Year of discovery: 2012 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
2MASS J19080948+4638244 b
2MASS J19080948+4638244 b
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Kepler 59 system structure
Exoplanet Kepler 59 b orbits star Kepler 59, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Kepler 59 | ||||||||
| Kepler 59 b | 0.11 AU | 3.4 M⊕ | 1.5 R⊕ | 11.9 days | |||||
| Kepler 59 c | 0.15 AU | 2.6 M⊕ | 1.5 R⊕ | 18 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Kepler 59 b has 23 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 62.36 | 4.21 | 3.43 | 31.18 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.2 |
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Size | 3.92 | 1.58 | 1.5 | 2.83 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.38 | 0.39 |
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Density | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.02 | 1.38 | 4.5 | 8.04 | 4.45 | 3.24 |
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Distance | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 1.1 - 1.6 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.