Star and planets 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. Icy mantle surrounding rocky core, with hydrogen-helium atmosphere
Hydrogen and helium with water, methane, and ammonia ices
Hydrogen-rich atmosphere typical of gas giants (partially stripped by slow rotation)| Yours | GJ 229 A c | |
|---|---|---|
| Mass | 8.30 × Earth | 8.58 × Earth |
| Radius | 3.06 × Earth | 2.87 × Earth |
| Density (composition) | 1.60 g/cm³ | 2.00 g/cm³ |
| Temperature | 181.3 K | 188.0 K |
| Starlight received | 0.18 × Earth | 0.19 × Earth |
| Star temperature | 3,050 K | 3,564 K |
Small and distant: a quiet, stable companion.
Tidal braking locked the planet to its moon: one face forever moonward.
Too warm for nitrogen and methane frost and too small to hold them as an atmosphere: those ices escaped to space, leaving water ice.
Too warm for ice and too small to hold an atmosphere: the ice sublimated, leaving bare rock.
Tidal flexing melts its interior: an actively volcanic surface (Io-like).