The GJ 143 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 53.23 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.73 solar masses |
Radius | 0.7 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4640 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.003 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.8 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, GJ 143 b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 22.700 Earth masses |
Density | 7.000 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.610 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1915 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.188 |
Orbital Period | 35.613 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Discovery Telescope | 0.1 m TESS Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | TESS CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2019-02 |
Reference | Trifonov et al. 2019 |
At 3.702 Earth masses, GJ 143 c is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 3.700 Earth masses |
Density | 31.930 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.892 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0695 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | 7.790 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Discovery Telescope | 0.1 m TESS Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | TESS CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2019-04 |
Reference | Dragomir et al. 2019 |