Discovery date March 4, 2014 Discovery status Submitted | Discoverer(s) Mikko Tuomi | |
Discovery site University of Hertfordshire | ||
Gliese 682 c is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Gliese 682. It is a super-Earth.
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 discovered by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire was discovered March 4, 2014. The planet at discovery was the second-closest known planet in the so-called Goldilocks zone at 17 light years.
It orbits Gliese 682 at 0.176AU, in a nearly circular orbit each 57.3 days.
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