GJ 1148

Planetary system · 35.9 light-years away · also HIP 57050

GJ 1148 is 35.9 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M5 star; the first was found in 2010 by radial velocity (W. M. Keck Observatory).

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Worth knowing

GJ 1148 b goes round its star every 41.4 days, 2.1 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM5
Surface temperature3,287 K
Mass0.344045 solar masses
Radius0.358519 solar radii
Luminosity0.01352 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.939
Distance from the Sun35.9 light-years (11.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 175.4326°, Dec 42.7516°
ConstellationUrsa Major

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 1148 b41.4 days0.166 AU11.9 R⊕ estimated96.7 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2010
GJ 1148 c532.6 days0.912 AU9.71 R⊕ estimated68.06 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2017

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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