GJ 2056

Planetary system · 92.8 light-years away · also HIP 34785

GJ 2056 is 92.8 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M0V: star; the first was found in 2020 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

GJ 2056 b goes round its star every 70.0 days, 1.3 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0V:
Surface temperature4,070 K
Mass0.62 solar masses
Radius0.709495 solar radii
Luminosity0.1244 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.37
Distance from the Sun92.8 light-years (28.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 108.0195°, Dec -24.8921°
ConstellationCanis Major

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 2056 b70.0 days0.283 AU4.17 R⊕ estimated16.2 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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