Finding Earth 2.0
LHS 1140 · M4.5 V

LHS 1140 b

Rank #15 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2017

HZ 100%measured

0.589

Earth-2.0 index

0.764

Earth Similarity Index

100%

Habitable-zone probability

1.73 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass5.600 M⊕measured
Bulk density5.900 g/cm³
Orbital period24.7372 days
Semi-major axis0.09460 au
Eccentricity0.043
Incident flux0.430 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature205.8 K
Transit-time σ at 20304.8 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation6.31 masReflected-light contrast 5.81e-8 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources2 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage100%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostLHS 1140
Spectral typeM4.5 V
Effective temperature3096 K
Radius0.216 R☉
Mass0.184 M☉
Distance15.0 pc / 48.9 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2017