SpazeTemperate rocky planet, 49 light years away, LHS 1140
LHS 1140 b
Possibly a snowball planet with an ocean under the ice, 49 light years away.
- Distance
- 48.9 light years
- Year
- 24.7 days
- Size
- 1.7 × Earth
- Temperature
- -47 °C
- Mass
- 5.6 × Earth
- Found
- 2017, MEarth Project
Can we live on LHS 1140 b?
Air: N₂ (hinted). Not breathable: you’d need a suit and your own oxygen.
Gravity: 1.87 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 131 kg there.
Temperature: -47 °C on average.
Ground: Possibly an ice-covered world with a liquid ocean under it.
Atmosphere
- N₂ (hinted)
Measured by JWST