What is Gliese 832 c?
[[File:Artist’s_impression_of_a_cloud-covered_planet_inspired_by_the_data_of_Gliese_832_c.png|thumb|Impression of Gliese 832c]] '''Gliese 832 c''' is a [[extrasolar planet]] that goes around the [[red dwarf]] [[Gliese 832]]. It is found about 16 [[light-year|light years]] from Earth in the [[Grus (constellation)|Grus]] [[constellation]]. It has 5.4 times the mass of Earth, and has a [[radius]] of 1.5 times Earth's radius. The planet is thought to be on the hot edge [[habitable zone]]: the part of the habitable zone closest to the star.<ref>http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/science-gliese832c-potentially-habitable-super-earth-02029.html | Gliese 832c: Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Discovered 16 Light-Years Away | Jun 29, 2014</ref> ==Habitability== Gliese 832 c is thought to lie in the habitable zone, which is the zone around a star where water can be liquid. However, it may not be hospitable to life as we know it. While it gets about as much sunlight as Earth does, the planet is probably [[tidally locked]], This means that one side of the planet is always facing the star. This would mean that the day side of the planet is extremely hot, while the dark side is cold. Between the day and night zones, life might be able to exist.<ref>{{Citation|author = David Snelling|url = http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/385831/Gliese-832c-alien-planet-is-discovered-by-astronomers|title = Alien planet discovered! And it's not that far away|date = June 26, 2014|access-date = May 2, 2019|archive-date = November 1, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141101082700/http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/385831/Gliese-832c-alien-planet-is-discovered-by-astronomers|url-status = dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Exoplanets]]