GJ 649

Planetary system · 33.9 light-years away · also HIP 83043

GJ 649 is 33.9 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M1.0 star; the first was found in 2009 by radial velocity (W. M. Keck Observatory).

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Worth knowing

GJ 649 b takes 600.1 days to go round its star once.

The star

Spectral typeM1.0
Surface temperature3,734 K
Mass0.51 solar masses
Radius0.5 solar radii
Luminosity0.04355 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.7
Ageabout 0.44 billion years
Distance from the Sun33.9 light-years (10.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 254.5363°, Dec 25.7420°
ConstellationHercules

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 649 b600.1 days1.112 AU10.8 R⊕ estimated82 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2009

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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