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Exoplanet Gliese 2126 b
Exoplanet Gliese 2126 b orbits star Gliese 2126 that lies 125 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 413.279 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
125 light years
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Gliese 2126 b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: Gliese 2126
Distance from the star: 0.71 AU
Orbit around star: 272.7 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 2126 b around its star is 272.7 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: 0.85Basic characteristic
Mass: 413.279 M Earth
| 1.3004 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 2126 b has 413.279 Earth masses (or 1.3004 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: 2024 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
GJ 2126 b
GJ 2126 b
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Gliese 2126 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 2126 b orbits star Gliese 2126, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gliese 2126 | ||||||||
| Gliese 2126 b | 0.71 AU (HZ) | 413.3 M⊕ | 272.7 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 2126 b has 1.3 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star a little closer than Venus.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 7514.16 | 507.09 | 413.28 | 3757.08 | 1.3 | 4.34 | 28.31 | 24.03 |
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Distance | 1.82 | 0.98 | 0.71 | 0.47 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.59 - 0.84 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.