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. Rocky surface with impact craters, possible volcanic features
✓ Conditions could support life. This planet’s modelled conditions could support biological processes: stable temperatures, liquid water and the chemistry life as we know it needs. That makes life possible, not present.
Thin CO₂ and nitrogen atmosphere
Nitrogen atmosphere provides protection but not breathable (partially stripped by slow rotation)| Yours | LHS 1140 b | |
|---|---|---|
| Mass | 5.50 × Earth | 5.60 × Earth |
| Radius | 1.61 × Earth | 1.73 × Earth |
| Density (composition) | 7.33 g/cm³ | 5.96 g/cm³ |
| Temperature | 265.1 K | 226.0 K |
| Starlight received | 0.55 × Earth | 0.43 × Earth |
| Star temperature | 5,600 K | 3,096 K |
Outside the synchronous orbit: slowly receding, like Luna (~cm per year).
Tidal braking locked the planet to its moon: one face forever moonward.
Massive enough to keep its water, but too cold for it to melt: an ice-covered surface.
A thin tidal-warmed subsurface ocean may exist, but conditions are marginal (5/100).
Inside the Roche limit (1.92 planet radii): torn apart into a ring system.
Inside the synchronous orbit: it spiraled inward and was torn apart at the Roche limit (Phobos's fate).
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.
Outside the synchronous orbit: slowly receding, like Luna (~cm per year).
Tidal flexing melts its interior: an actively volcanic surface (Io-like).