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Exoplanet HIP 560 b
Exoplanet HIP 560 b orbits star HIP 560 that lies 130 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 540.442 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
130 light years
130 light years
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HIP 560 b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: HIP 560
Distance from the star: 16.57 AUBasic characteristic
Mass: 540.442 M Earth
| 1.7006 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet HIP 560 b has 540.442 Earth masses (or 1.7006 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: 2024 (astrometry)
Other designations of this exoplanet
HD 203 b, HR 9 b
HD 203 b, HR 9 b
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Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, HIP 560 b has 1.7 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star a little closer than Uranus.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mass | 9826.22 | 663.12 | 540.44 | 4913.11 | 1.7 | 5.68 | 37.02 | 31.42 |
|
Distance | 42.49 | 22.92 | 16.57 | 10.87 | 3.18 | 1.74 | 0.86 | 0.55 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 2 - 2.8 AU
The planet is too cold to sustain liquid water on its surface. It is however possible that there is environment with higher temperatures on some of its potential moons.
The planet is probably a gas giant and has no surface, however life could still be possible on the potential moons orbiting it.