Gliese 682 b

Planet· orbits the Sun

Gliese 682 b - a super-Earth (minimum mass ~4.4 Earth) orbiting near the warm inner edge of the habitable zone every 17 days. RV-only: minimum mass, model-estimate size, never imaged.

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Key facts

Minimum mass
2.63 × 10²⁵ kg
4.4 M⊕
Year
17.48 Earth days
Distance from Gliese 682
11,967,830 km

Science

Physical

Minimum mass (m·sin i)
2.63 × 10²⁵ kg · 4.4 M⊕
Radius
Not measured

Orbital

Semi-major axis
11,967,830 km
Eccentricity
0.08
Inclination
0.00 °
Orbital period
17.5 days
Perihelion
11,010,403 km
Aphelion
12,925,256 km
Mean orbital velocity
49.8 km/s

Composition

Bulk composition
A super-Earth of minimum mass ~4.4 Earth near the warm edge of the habitable zone; never imaged.
Surface appearance
Appearance based on ESO/M. Kornmesser's artist's concept. No spacecraft has imaged this world, so its real appearance is unknown — The surface shown is an artistic representation, shown only in Vision mode; Realism shows a plain spectral colour.

Radiation & temperature

Insolation
0.312 S⊕ · 31% of the sunlight Earth receives
Equilibrium temperature
282 K (9 °C)

Discovery & history

Method
Radial-velocity detection (stellar wobble)
Name
Designated 'b' under the IAU convention that letters a star's planets 'b', 'c', 'd'... in the order they are discovered (the star itself is the unwritten 'a').

One of two planets reported in 2014 from HARPS radial-velocity data.

Images

No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.