Gliese 682 c

Gliese 682 c is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Gliese 682. It is a super-Earth.

Gliese 682 c

Discovery
Discovered by	Mikko Tuomi
Discovery site	University of Hertfordshire
Discovery date	March 4, 2014
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.176AU AU
Orbital period	57.3 days d
Star	Gliese 682
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	≥1.9[1] R⊕
Mass	≥8.7[1]M⊕

The planet has a mass of 4.4 ME and a radius of ~1.5 RE if rocky. Gliese 682 c was one of four planets discovered by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire and was discovered on March 4, 2014. The planet, at discovery, was the second-closest known planet in the so-called Goldilocks zone, at 17 light years.[2]

It orbits Gliese 682 at 0.176AU, in a nearly circular orbit each 57.3 days.[3]

References

1. PHL's Exoplanets Catalog – Planetary Habitability Laboratory @ UPR Arecibo
2. Stars with Multiple Habitable Planets Might be Common (University of Porto Rico, 2014).
3. Mikko Tuomi, Hugh R. A. Jones, John R. Barnes, Guillem Anglada-Escudé, James S. Jenkins, Bayesian search for low-mass planets around nearby M dwarfs. Estimates for occurrence rate based on global detectability statistics (Submitted on 3 Mar 2014).