Entering orbit…
| Yours | 55 Cnc B c | |
|---|---|---|
| Mass | 3.10 × Earth | 5.30 × Earth |
| Radius | 2.20 × Earth | 2.16 × Earth |
| Density (composition) | 1.60 g/cm³ | 2.90 g/cm³ |
| Temperature | 216.5 K | 230.0 K |
| Starlight received | 0.37 × Earth | 0.46 × Earth |
| Star temperature | 3,050 K | 3,286 K |
Outside the synchronous orbit: slowly receding, like Luna (~cm per year).
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.
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 Roche limit (2.80 planet radii): torn apart into a ring system.