GJ 3634

Planetary system · 66.5 light-years away

GJ 3634 is 66.5 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M2.5 star; the first was found in 2010 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

GJ 3634 b goes round its star every 2.65 days, 33 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM2.5
Surface temperature3,517 K
Mass0.45 solar masses
Radius0.43 solar radii
Luminosity0.02 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.938
Ageabout 5 billion years
Distance from the Sun66.5 light-years (20.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 164.6433°, Dec -31.1443°
ConstellationHydra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 3634 b2.65 days0.0287 AU2.83 R⊕ estimated8.4 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2010

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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