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Info for exoplanet "Yiwyum-erch"


Scientific (actual) data
PlanetKepler-38 (AB) b
Planet statusConfirmed
Planet mass0.38
Radius0.39
Orbital period105.595
Semi major axis0.4644
Inclination89.446
Discovered2012
Updated2018-07-23
PublicationPublished in a refereed paper
Detection typePrimary Transit
Star nameKepler-38 A
Right ascension286.83°
Declination42.28°
Mag v14.3
Star metallicity-0.158
Star mass0.949
Star radius1.757
Star temperature5640
Wikipedia articleKepler-38 (AB) b

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Fictional info (?)
Suggested nameYiwyum-erch
Planet typeCold gas giant
This planet is named after the deity Yiwyum-erch, the demon of love and beauty.

Two spacecraft have visited Yiwyum-erch: Frontier 5 flew by 51 years ago; and Messenger, launched 26 years ago, orbited Yiwyum-erch over 120 times in four years before exhausting its fuel and crashing into the planet's atmosphere 12 years later.

The atmospheric pressure at the planet's surface is 13 bar, or roughly the pressure found 495 m under the oceans of Earth. The ethane has probably photodissociated, and the free ammonia has been swept into interplanetary space by the solar wind because of the lack of a molecular hydrogen layer.

Plans have been proposed for rovers or more complex missions, but they are hindered by Yiwyum-erch's hazardous precipitation.
AtmosphereAmmonia56%
Oxygen39%
Ethane2.5%
Molecular hydrogen1.1%
Carbon dioxide0.55%
Helium0.33%
Hydrogen chloride0.0037%
Atmospheric pressure13 bar
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No known satellites
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