GJ 273

Planetary system · 19.3 light-years away · also HIP 36208

GJ 273 is 19.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M3.5 star; the first was found in 2017 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

GJ 273 c goes round its star every 4.72 days, 19 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM3.5
Surface temperature3,382 K
Mass0.29 solar masses
Radius0.293 solar radii
Luminosity0.0088 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.84
Distance from the Sun19.3 light-years (5.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 111.8521°, Dec 5.2258°
ConstellationCanis Minor

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 273 c4.72 days0.0365 AU1.06 R⊕ estimated1.18 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2017
GJ 273 b18.6 days0.0911 AU1.51 R⊕ estimated2.89 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2017

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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