GJ 3470

Planetary system · 96.0 light-years away

GJ 3470 is 96.0 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M1.5 star; the first was found in 2012 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

GJ 3470 b goes round its star every 3.34 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM1.5
Surface temperature3,600 K
Mass0.539 solar masses
Radius0.547 solar radii
Luminosity0.029 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.332
Ageabout 1.65 billion years
Distance from the Sun96.0 light-years (29.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 119.7735°, Dec 15.3912°
ConstellationCancer

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 3470 b3.34 days0.0355 AU4.57 R⊕13.9 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2012

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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