Entering orbit…
| Yours | K2-139 b | |
|---|---|---|
| Mass | 115.0 × Earth | 123.0 × Earth |
| Radius | 7.87 × Earth | 9.11 × Earth |
| Density (composition) | 1.30 g/cm³ | 0.90 g/cm³ |
| Temperature | 597.9 K | 524.0 K |
| Starlight received | 10.9 × Earth | 15.6 × Earth |
| Star temperature | 8,750 K | 5,370 K |
Outside the synchronous orbit: slowly receding, like Luna (~cm per year).
Tidal braking locked the planet to its moon: one face forever moonward.
Tidal flexing melts its interior: an actively volcanic surface (Io-like).
Outside the synchronous orbit: slowly receding, like Luna (~cm per year).
Small and distant: a quiet, stable companion.
Too warm for ice and too small to hold an atmosphere: the ice sublimated, leaving bare rock.
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.