The LHS 3844 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 48.55 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.15 solar masses |
Radius | 0.19 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3036 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | - decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At 2.251 Earth masses, LHS 3844 b 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 | 2.250 Earth masses |
Density | 5.590 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.303 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.00622 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | 0.463 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 | Vanderspek et al. 2019 |