GJ 3021

Planetary system · 57.3 light-years away · also HD 1237, HIP 1292

GJ 3021 is 57.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G6 V star; the first was found in 2000 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

GJ 3021 b takes 133.7 days to go round its star once.

GJ 3021 is one of 2 stars in its system: the other is drawn where the Washington Double Star Catalog measures it on the sky.

The star

Spectral typeG6 V
Surface temperature5,540 K
Mass0.9 solar masses
Radius0.9 solar radii
Luminosity0.6607 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude6.59
Ageabout 0.37 billion years
Distance from the Sun57.3 light-years (17.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 4.0634°, Dec -79.8514°
ConstellationHydrus

The other star

GJ 3021 B is a M4V star of magnitude 14.5, moving through space with it. In 2016 it was 4″ from GJ 3021, at position angle 352° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 00162-7951 CVN 14): 70.2 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 3021 b133.7 days0.490 AU13.1 R⊕ estimated1071 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2000

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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