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Super-Earth

L 98-59 c

Orbiting L 98-59 | 10.6 parsecs away

2019

Discovered

2.0

Earth Masses

1.33

Earth Radii

526

Temperature (K)

Discovery Information

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

Orbital Properties

Orbital Period3.6907 days
Semi-Major Axis0.0309 AU
Eccentricity0.002
Inclination88.88 deg

Physical Properties

Mass (Jupiter)0.0063 MJ
Mass (Earth)2 M⊕
Radius (Jupiter)0.1186 RJ
Radius (Earth)1.329 R⊕
Density4.7 g/cm3
Eq. Temperature526 K
Insolation Flux12.7 S⊕
Planetary Extremes

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

Mass2.0 M⊕
FeatherweightColossus
Radius1.33 R⊕
TinyEnormous
Temperature526 K
FrozenInferno
Year Length3.7 days
LightningGlacial
Density4.70 g/cm³
FluffyIron-dense
Star Distance0.031 AU
ScorchedFrozen exile
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Size Comparison
EarthL 98-59 cJupiter

1.33x Earth's radius (0.12x Jupiter)

Orbit Comparison
EarthL 98-59 c
Earth: 365.25 days (1 AU)L 98-59 c: 3.7 Earth days (0.031 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?

79.3 kg

Your weight (from 70 kg)

1.13g

Earth-like

Feels just like home — comfortably familiar.

3.7 Earth days

Year length

Red sunrise

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