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Comparing the Gliese 581 to Our Solar System

Target Name:  Space
Produced by:  National Science Foundation/Zina Deretsky
Date Released: 2010-09-29

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The orbits of planets in the Gliese 581 system are compared to those of our own solar system. The Gliese 581 star has about 30% the mass of our sun, and the outermost planet is closer to its star than we are to the sun. The fourth planet, G, is a planet that could sustain life.

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