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Name[]
- Gliese 581 c
- Also called, Gl 581 c[1]
Discovery date[]
Discoverer[]
- S. Udry[2]
Orbiting[]
Characteristics[]
- Mass = 5.359 Earth mass[1]
- Semi-major axis = 0.07 AU[1]
- Eccentricity = 0.17[1]
- Orbital period = 12.9 Earth days[1]
About the exoplanet[]
- Earth-like candidate.
- It is orbiting on the inner edge of the habitable zone of its planetary system.[2]