Star and planet drawn to scale (a typical star of its class), with only the star's edge in view. Orbits spaced as in the star system view.
Planet, moons and orbits drawn to one scale; the smallest moons are enlarged so they can be seen.
Surface. No solid surface - thick gaseous envelope with possible rocky core deep within
Hydrogen and helium dominated with trace methane and ammonia
Hydrogen-rich atmosphere typical of gas giants (partially stripped by slow rotation) (atmosphere partially stripped by the moon impact)| Yours | GJ 229 b | |
|---|---|---|
| Mass | 10.1 × Earth | 14.9 × Earth |
| Radius | 3.50 × Earth | 3.97 × Earth |
| Density (composition) | 1.30 g/cm³ | 1.31 g/cm³ |
| Temperature | 125.8 K | 112.0 K |
| Starlight received | 0.04 × Earth | 0.02 × Earth |
| Star temperature | 5,600 K | 3,564 K |
Inside the Roche limit (1.79 planet radii): torn apart into a ring system.
Small and distant: a quiet, stable companion.
Tidal braking locked the planet to its moon: one face forever moonward.
Small and distant: a quiet, stable companion.
A thin tidal-warmed subsurface ocean may exist, but conditions are marginal (27/100).
Inside the synchronous orbit: it spiraled inward and was torn apart at the Roche limit (Phobos's fate).
Inside the synchronous orbit: tidal decay dragged it down - it struck the planet ages ago.
Merged with an adjacent moon: too close for both to hold a stable orbit.
Small and distant: a quiet, stable companion.
Merged with an adjacent moon: too close for both to hold a stable orbit.
Merged with an adjacent moon: too close for both to hold a stable orbit.
Merged with an adjacent moon: too close for both to hold a stable orbit.
Inside the Roche limit (1.79 planet radii): torn apart into a ring system.
Merged with an adjacent moon: too close for both to hold a stable orbit.