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GJ 229 A c

GJ 229 A c is a cold water-rich world orbiting a red dwarf star 18.8 ly away. Its star system has 3 stars. A year there lasts 121.9 days. It was found using the radial velocity method: it makes its star wobble. Planets this size may be wrapped in thick gas; the game imagines it as a solid or water world you can walk on. Note: its size is estimated from its mass, only a minimum mass is known.

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EarthGJ 229 A c
Gravity10.22 m/s²1.04× Earth estimated
Size2.87× Earthradius estimated
Mass8.58× Earthmeasured
Temperature≈ −85 °Cequilibrium temperature measured
Distance18.8 light-yearsfrom the Sun
Its star3,564 Ka red dwarf, in a system of 3 stars
One year121.9 daystime to orbit its star
Discovered2020radial velocity

What it would be like in Worldwalk imagined

Nobody has seen the surface of GJ 229 A c. The game builds it from the real numbers above: you land on a deep global ocean with rocky islands.

Pack the right suit. Choose 3 of 6 modules (cooling, heating, pressure hull, extra oxygen, radiation shield, jetpack), complete 3 surveys and get back to the lander before your oxygen runs out.

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Sizes, masses, temperatures and orbits come from the NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite table). Values marked estimated are calculated from the other measurements; the surface and air are imagined for the game.