Gliese 163 c
Gliese 163 c (/ˈɡliːzə/) or Gl 163 c is a potentially habitable exoplanet, orbiting within the habitable zone of M dwarf star Gliese 163.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | European HARPS team led by Xavier Bonfils |
| Discovery site | UJF-Grenoble/CNRS-INSU, Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique of Grenoble, France. |
| Discovery date | September 2012 September 20, 2012 (announced) |
| Radial velocity (HARPS) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.12536 ± 0.0001 AU (18,754,000 ± 15,000 km) | |
| 25.631 ± 0.0235 d | |
| Star | Gliese 163 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 2.43 R🜨 |
| Mass | 7.3 ME |
| Temperature | 277 K |
The parent star is 15.0 parsecs (approximately 49 light-years, or 465 trillion kilometers) from the Sun, in the constellation Dorado. Gliese 163 c is one of five planets discovered in the system. With a mass at least 7.2 times that of the Earth, it is classified as a super-Earth (a planet of roughly 1 to 10 Earth masses).
| Earth | Gliese 163 c |
|---|---|
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