GJ 163

Planetary system · 49.3 light-years away · also HIP 19394

GJ 163 is 49.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this M star; the first was found in 2013 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

GJ 163 b goes round its star every 8.63 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM
Surface temperature3,500 K
Mass0.4 solar masses
Radius0.409738 solar radii
Luminosity0.01959 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.79
Ageabout 6 billion years
Distance from the Sun49.3 light-years (15.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 62.3228°, Dec -53.3712°
ConstellationDorado

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 163 b8.63 days0.0607 AU3.25 R⊕ estimated10.6 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2013
GJ 163 c25.6 days0.125 AU2.5 R⊕ estimated6.8 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2013
GJ 163 d604.0 days1.030 AU5.92 R⊕ estimated29.4 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2013

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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