Gas Giant Magnetic Field Extreme Activity
Why is this a Gas Giant? Your planet has 86.0% hydrogen and helium, combined with a mass of 10.1x Earth, which exceeds the gas giant threshold. Gas giants form when massive cores capture enormous atmospheres of light gases. They typically form beyond the 'frost line' where volatiles can condense.
✓ Hydrogen + Helium: 86.0% (>60% required) ✓ Mass: 10.1x Earth (>10x required)
Habitability Score Uninhabitable
Contributing Factors water 15
No solid surface — any water is locked in a supercritical mantle and hot ice, not oceans geology 40
Extreme volcanic activity may be hazardous rotation 60
Fast rotation - strong global wind patterns and weather systems, but manageable Organic Chemistry 80
Core organic elements (CHNO) present atmosphere 30
Hydrogen-rich atmosphere typical of gas giants temperature 40
Extreme temperature - very difficult for life magnetic Field 100
Magnetic field provides radiation protection — but the black hole's accretion disk bathes this orbit in hard X-ray radiation Physical Properties Mass
10.10x Earth (6.03e+25 kg) Radius
2.16x Earth (13,772 km) This planet: 2.16× Earth radius Earth: 1× (baseline)
Surface Gravity
2.16x Earth (21.2 m/s²) Surface Temperature
377 K (104 °C / 220 °F) Rotation Period
10.0 hours/day (faster than Earth) This planet: 10 h/day Earth: 24 h/day Orbital Environment Star Type
BH-type (Black Hole) Distance from Star
10.90 AU (1.63 billion km) Atmosphere Hydrogen and helium dominated with trace methane and ammonia
Surface Characteristics No solid surface - thick gaseous envelope with possible rocky core deep within Closest Real Exoplanet Orbiting Kepler-10 Yours Kepler-10 d Mass 10.1 × Earth 12.0 × Earth Radius 3.50 × Earth 3.49 × Earth Density (composition) 1.30 g/cm³ 1.56 g/cm³ Temperature 377.5 K 387.0 K Starlight received 3.37 × Earth 3.92 × Earth Star temperature — 5,708 K
Matched on physical properties only — no confirmed exoplanet orbits a black hole. Discovered 2023 via radial velocity · 607 light-years away Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive Browse all 5,568 real exoplanets Learn more about exoplanets