GJ 3138

Planetary system · 92.9 light-years away · also HIP 10037

GJ 3138 is 92.9 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this M0 star; the first was found in 2017 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

GJ 3138 b goes round its star every 29.3 hours, 72 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0
Surface temperature3,717 K
Mass0.681 solar masses
Radius0.5 solar radii
Luminosity0.045 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.8275
Distance from the Sun92.9 light-years (28.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 32.2977°, Dec -16.3392°
ConstellationCetus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 3138 b29.3 hours0.0197 AU1.18 R⊕ estimated1.78 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2017
GJ 3138 c5.97 days0.0570 AU1.88 R⊕ estimated4.18 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2017
GJ 3138 d257.8 days0.698 AU3.23 R⊕ estimated10.5 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.

Sources

Privacy