Gliese 649 b
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Gliese 649 b or Gl 649 b is an extrasolar planet
, orbiting the 10th magnitude
M-type star Gliese 649
, 10 parsecs from earth. This planet is a sub-Jupiter, massing 0.328 Jupiter mass
and orbits at 1.135 AU
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Extrasolar planet
An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars...
, orbiting the 10th magnitude
Apparent magnitude
The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...
M-type star Gliese 649
Gliese 649
Gliese 649 is a red dwarf star in the constellation of Hercules, located roughly 34 light years from Sun. The star has been found to host an extrasolar planet.- A planetary companion :...
, 10 parsecs from earth. This planet is a sub-Jupiter, massing 0.328 Jupiter mass
Jupiter mass
Jupiter mass , is the unit of mass equal to the total mass of the planet Jupiter . Jupiter mass is used to describe masses of the gas giants, such as the outer planets and extrasolar planets. It is also used in describing brown dwarfs....
and orbits at 1.135 AU
Astronomical unit
An astronomical unit is a unit of length equal to about or approximately the mean Earth–Sun distance....
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