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Info for exoplanet "Gama Gya"


Scientific (actual) data
PlanetKepler-558 b
Planet statusConfirmed
Radius0.211
Orbital period29.0079
Discovered2016
Updated2021-02-05
Tconj2455000
PublicationAnnounced on a website
Detection typePrimary Transit
Alternate names2MASS J18583789+4239096 b, K00454.01, KIC 7098355 b, KOI-454 b, KOI-454.01, WISE J185837.88+423909.4 b
Star nameKepler-558
Right ascension284.66°
Declination42.65°
Mag j13.497
Mag h13.01
Mag k12.961
Star distance652
Star metallicity-0.06
Star mass0.85
Star radius0.81
Star age4.47
Star temperature5242
Star alternate names2MASS J18583789+4239096, KIC 7098355, KOI-454, WISE J185837.88+423909.4
Wikipedia articleKepler-558 b

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Fictional info (?)
Suggested nameGama Gya
Planet typeCold planet
This planet is named after the deity Gama Gya, the demon of prosperity.

As seen from Kepler-558, in a frame of reference that rotates with the orbital motion, it appears to rotate only once every two years.

Two spacecraft have visited Gama Gya: Daedalus 3 flew by 17 years ago; and Messenger, launched 13 years ago, orbited Gama Gya over 70 times in four years before exhausting its fuel and crashing into the planet's surface 6 years later.

Plans have been proposed for rovers or more complex missions, but they are hindered by Gama Gya's hostile surface conditions.

Gama Gya is the site of Titanic Ridge, the biggest volcano and second-highest known mountain in its solar system, and of Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons in its solar system.

Optical ground-based telescopes are typically limited to resolving features about 330 kilometers across when Gama Gya is closest because of Earth's atmosphere.

In late February 1000, Gama Gya was visited by the New Horizons probe, which used Gama Gya's gravity to increase its speed and bend its trajectory en route to Gyahi.
AtmosphereAmmonium hydrosulfide (NH4SH)67%
Water vapor32%
Nitric oxide0.25%
Xenon0.024%
Hydrogen deuteride (HD)0.00031%
Atmospheric pressure60 bar
artist's rendition
MoonGumyuMedium-sized potato shaped crater-filled moon
GyayoHuge round oceanic asteroid
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