Gaia-1

Planetary system · 1186.1 light-years away

Gaia-1 is 1,186 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,470 K star; the first was found in 2022 by transit (European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia Satellite).

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Worth knowing

Gaia-1 b goes round its star every 3.05 days, 29 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,470 K
Mass0.949 solar masses
Radius0.952 solar radii
Luminosity0.6937 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.242
Distance from the Sun1186.1 light-years (363.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 90.6437°, Dec -0.5771°
ConstellationOrion

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Gaia-1 b3.05 days0.0405 AU13.776 R⊕533.95 M⊕Transit, 2022

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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