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How far away is LHS 1140 b? Its host system lies about 48.8 light-years from the Sun. The marker uses the system's measured sky direction and distance, letting the Sun-to-system line show the scale directly.
The marker shows the LHS 1140 host system at its real scene-scale distance. LHS 1140 b's 24.7-day orbit is far too small to resolve here, so the red point represents the host star rather than an enlarged view of the planet.
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