GJ 1252

Planetary system · 66.4 light-years away

GJ 1252 is 66.4 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M3 star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

GJ 1252 b goes round its star every 12.4 hours, 170 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM3
Surface temperature3,458 K
Mass0.381 solar masses
Radius0.391 solar radii
Luminosity0.0196 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.68
Ageabout 3.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun66.4 light-years (20.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 306.9286°, Dec -56.4623°
ConstellationTelescopium

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 1252 b12.4 hours0.0092 AU1.193 R⊕1.32 M⊕Transit, 2020

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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