GJ 3222

Planetary system · 59.5 light-years away · also HD 21175, HIP 15799

GJ 3222 is 59.5 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K0V star; the first was found in 2022 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

GJ 3222 b goes round its star every 10.7 days, 8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

GJ 3222 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 typeK0V
Surface temperature5,257 K
Mass0.89 solar masses
Radius0.931389 solar radii
Luminosity0.5598 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude6.9
Distance from the Sun59.5 light-years (18.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 50.8972°, Dec -40.0762°
ConstellationEridanus

The other star

GJ 3222 B has no spectral type listed of magnitude 11, with a computed orbit. In 2024 it was 2.9″ from GJ 3222, at position angle 129° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 03236-4005 I 468): 52.9 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger. Its colour is estimated from its brightness.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 3222 b10.7 days0.0910 AU3.4 R⊕ estimated11.442 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2022

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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