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Exoplanet Gliese 48 b
Exoplanet Gliese 48 b orbits star Gliese 48 that lies 27 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 6.21 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
27 light years
27 light years
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Gliese 48 b
Exoplanet, super-earth
Star: Gliese 48
Distance from the star: 0.159 AU
Orbit around star: 39.6299 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Gliese 48 b around its star is 39.6299 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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Basic characteristic
Mass: 6.21 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Gliese 48 b has 6.21 Earth masses, or 0.43 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: 1.74 R Earth | 0.2 R Jupiter
Density: 6499 kg/m3 | 117.88 % Earth
Temperature: 237 K | -36.15 °C
Year of discovery: 2026 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
HIP 4856 b, LHS 131 b, Ross 318 b, BD+70 68b b, LFT 93 b, LTT 10362 b, NLTT 3359 b, MCC 364 b, 2MASS J01023213+7140475 b, Ross 318 b
HIP 4856 b, LHS 131 b, Ross 318 b, BD+70 68b b, LFT 93 b, LTT 10362 b, NLTT 3359 b, MCC 364 b, 2MASS J01023213+7140475 b, Ross 318 b
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Gliese 48 system structure
Exoplanet Gliese 48 b orbits star Gliese 48, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Gliese 48 | ||||||||
| Gliese 48 b | 0.16 AU (HZ) | 6.2 M⊕ | 1.7 R⊕ | 39.6 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Gliese 48 b has 43 % 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 | 112.91 | 7.62 | 6.21 | 56.45 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.43 | 0.36 |
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Size | 4.54 | 1.83 | 1.74 | 3.28 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.44 | 0.46 |
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Density | 1.2 | 1.24 | 1.18 | 1.6 | 5.22 | 9.33 | 5.17 | 3.76 |
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Distance | 0.41 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.1 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
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Temperature | 0.54 | 0.32 | 0.82 | 1.14 | 1.45 | 1.78 | 3.04 | 3.29 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.16 - 0.22 AU
The planet is bigger than Earth, but smaller than Neptune. Its average density seems to be comparable to rocky planets in the Solar System.