GJ 27.1

Planetary system · 77.0 light-years away · also HIP 3143

GJ 27.1 is 77.0 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M0.5 V star; the first was found in 2014 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

GJ 27.1 b goes round its star every 15.8 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0.5 V
Surface temperature3,542 K
Mass0.53 solar masses
Radius0.518887 solar radii
Luminosity0.026 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.45
Distance from the Sun77.0 light-years (23.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 9.9980°, Dec -44.2542°
ConstellationPhoenix

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 27.1 b15.8 days0.101 AU3.66 R⊕ estimated13 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2014

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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