Exoplanet · super-Earth
LHS 1903 b
LHS 1903 b is a super-Earth orbiting the star LHS 1903. Its year lasts 2.16 Earth days. It was discovered in 2026 by the Transit method.
| Host star | LHS 1903 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 116.4 light-years (35.7 pc) |
| Orbital period | 2.16 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.0266 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.015 |
| Radius | 1.38 R⊕ · 0.123 R♃ |
| Mass | 3.28 M⊕ · 0.0103 M♃ |
| Density | 6.82 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 1.72 × Earth |
| Equilibrium temperature | 796 K (523 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 66.7 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2026 |
| Discovered by | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 66.7 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 11° across: 20 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.21. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 42° S. North of latitude 42° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1910. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.
Planets in the same system
- LHS 1903 c 6.23-day orbit · 2.05 R⊕
- LHS 1903 d 12.6-day orbit · 2.5 R⊕
- LHS 1903 e 29.3-day orbit · 1.73 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.