super-Earth

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf exoplanet type
gptkbp:canBe rocky
gaseous
gptkbp:coinedBy astronomer
gptkbp:commonIn gptkb:Milky_Way_galaxy
gptkbp:definedIn an exoplanet with a mass higher than Earth's but substantially below those of Uranus and Neptune
gptkbp:detects transit method
radial velocity method
gptkbp:discoveredBy 1990s
gptkbp:example gptkb:Kepler-22b
gptkb:Gliese_581c
gptkb:HD_40307g
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label super-Earth
gptkbp:mayInclude gptkb:bar
potentially habitable
liquid water
gptkbp:notNecessarily Earth-like in composition or habitability
gptkbp:notToBeConfusedWith mini-Neptune
gptkbp:range 1 to 10 Earth masses
1.25 to 2 Earth radii
gptkbp:studiedBy astronomer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mini-Neptune
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5