GJ 480

Planetary system · 46.4 light-years away · also HIP 61706

GJ 480 is 46.4 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M3.5 Ve star; the first was found in 2020 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

GJ 480 b goes round its star every 9.55 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM3.5 Ve
Surface temperature3,509 K
Mass0.45 solar masses
Radius0.449 solar radii
Luminosity0.02742 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.49
Distance from the Sun46.4 light-years (14.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 189.7134°, Dec 11.6951°
ConstellationVirgo

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 480 b9.55 days0.0680 AU2.91 R⊕ estimated8.8 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2020

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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