GJ 180

Planetary system · 38.9 light-years away · also HIP 22762

GJ 180 is 38.9 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this M3 star; the first was found in 2014 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

GJ 180 b goes round its star every 17.1 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM3
Surface temperature3,371 K
Mass0.43 solar masses
Radius0.413049 solar radii
Luminosity0.013 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.914
Distance from the Sun38.9 light-years (11.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 73.4601°, Dec -17.7762°
ConstellationEridanus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 180 b17.1 days0.0920 AU2.43 R⊕ estimated6.49 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2014
GJ 180 c24.3 days0.129 AU2.41 R⊕ estimated6.4 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2014
GJ 180 d106.3 days0.309 AU2.66 R⊕ estimated7.56 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 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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