Super-Earth

type of planet with a mass higher than Earth but less than that of a gas giant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Super-Earth
Remove ads

A super-Earth is an extrasolar planet.

Thumb
Illustration of the inferred size of the super-Earth COROT-7b (center) in comparison with Earth and Neptune

It has a mass higher than Earth's, but much less than the Solar System's ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, which are 15 and 17 times Earth's mass, respectively.[1]

The term "super-Earth" refers only to the mass of the planet, and does not imply anything about the surface conditions or habitability.

Remove ads

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads
Remove ads