Gliese 163 c () or Gl 163 c is a potentially
habitable exoplanet
A potentially habitable exoplanet is a hypothetical type of planet that has liquid water and may support life.
As of March 2020, a total of 55 potentially habitable exoplanets have been found.
Of those, one is believed to be Sub-terran (Mars-size) ...
,
orbiting within the
habitable zone of
M dwarf
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star
Gliese 163
Gliese 163 is a faint red dwarf star with multiple exoplanetary companions in the southern constellation of Dorado. Other stellar catalog names for it include HIP 19394 and LHS 188. It is too faint to be visible to the naked eye, having an ...
.
The parent star is 15.0 parsecs (approximately 49 light-years, or 465 trillion kilometers) from the Sun, in the constellation
Dorado. ''Gliese 163 c'' is one of five planets discovered in the system. With a mass at least 7.2 times that of the
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...
,
it is classified as a
super-Earth (a planet of roughly 1 to 10 Earth masses).
References
External links
The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia"The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog"PHL/
UPR Arecibo)
Gliese 163
Dorado (constellation)
Exoplanets discovered in 2012
Exoplanets detected by radial velocity
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Super-Earths in the habitable zone
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