HD 40307 g is an exoplanet candidate suspected to be orbiting in the habitable zone of HD 40307. It is located 42 light-years away in the direction of the southern constellation Pictor.

Oct 25, 2024 · HD 40307 g is a Neptune-like exoplanet that orbits a K-type star. Its mass is 7.1 Earths, it takes 197.8 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.6 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2013.

A dynamical study on the habitability of terrestrial exoplanets - II The super-Earth HD 40307 g Brasser et al. 2014 | Reference Overview All WISE Data Release

HD 40307 is an orange (K-type) main-sequence star located approximately 42 light-years away in the constellation of Pictor (the Easel), taking its primary name from its Henry Draper Catalogue designation. It is calculated to be slightly less massive than the Sun.

Nov 8, 2012 · The super-Earth exoplanet HD 40307g, 44 light-years away, is seven times the Earth's mass and may have liquid water on its surface, making it a candidate to support alien life.

Nov 8, 2012 · The newfound exoplanet, a so-called "super-Earth" called HD 40307g, is located inside its host star's habitable zone, a just-right range of distances where liquid water may exist on a world's...

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Nov 8, 2012 · HD 40307g is the closest habitable planet candidate around a Sun-like star. A team of European-American astronomers announced the discovery of a new potential habitable exoplanet around the star HD 40307, a star slightly smaller than the Sun and 42 light years away in the constellation Pictor.

Nov 9, 2012 · HD 40307g is a so-called Super-Earth about 7 times more massive than Earth with a size between 1.9 and 2.5 Earth radii depending on composition, either rocky or water-rich, respectively.

Nov 8, 2012 · An international team of astronomers has discovered a new Earth-like planet, known as HD 40307g, that may be capable of supporting life and is located forty-two light-years from Earth.