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L 98-59 b

Orbiting L 98-59 | 10.6 parsecs away

2019

Discovered

0.5

Earth Masses

0.84

Earth Radii

620

Temperature (K)

Discovery Information

Discovery MethodTransit
Discovery Year2,019
Discovery FacilityTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

Orbital Properties

Orbital Period2.2531 days
Semi-Major Axis0.0223 AU
Eccentricity0.031
Inclination88.08 deg

Physical Properties

Mass (Jupiter)0.0014 MJ
Mass (Earth)0.46 M⊕
Radius (Jupiter)0.0747 RJ
Radius (Earth)0.837 R⊕
Density4.3 g/cm3
Eq. Temperature620 K
Insolation Flux24.5 S⊕
Planetary Extremes

Where L 98-59 b sits on the spectrum of all known exoplanets.

Mass0.5 M⊕
FeatherweightColossus
Radius0.84 R⊕
TinyEnormous
Temperature620 K
FrozenInferno
Year Length2.3 days
LightningGlacial
Density4.30 g/cm³
FluffyIron-dense
Star Distance0.022 AU
ScorchedFrozen exile
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Size Comparison
EarthL 98-59 bJupiter

0.84x Earth's radius

Orbit Comparison
EarthL 98-59 b
Earth: 365.25 days (1 AU)L 98-59 b: 2.3 Earth days (0.022 AU)
Host Star: L 98-59

Spectral TypeM3 V
Effective Temperature3,415 K
Mass0.2923 M☉
Radius0.3155 R☉
Size vs Sun3.17x smaller
Luminosity0.0122 L☉
Luminosity vs Sun82.0x dimmer
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.46
Distance (pc)10.6194 pc
Distance (ly)34.6 light-years

What If You Lived Here?

46.0 kg

Your weight (from 70 kg)

0.66g

Light

Noticeably easier to move. You could jump much higher.

2.3 Earth days

Year length

Red sunrise

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