gam Lib

Planetary system · 154.6 light-years away · also HD 138905, HIP 76333

gam Lib is 155 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this K0 III star; the first was found in 2018 by radial velocity (Okayama Astrophysical Observatory).

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Worth knowing

gam Lib c takes 966.5 days to go round its star once.

The star

Spectral typeK0 III
Surface temperature4,879 K
Mass1.78 solar masses
Radius12.38 solar radii
Luminosity78.94 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude3.90672
Ageabout 2.82 billion years
Distance from the Sun154.6 light-years (47.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 233.8819°, Dec -14.7895°
ConstellationLibra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
gam Lib b414.9 days1.319 AU13.7 R⊕ estimated357.87 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2018
gam Lib c966.5 days2.318 AU12.8 R⊕ estimated1662.6 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2018

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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