GJ 680

Planetary system · 31.6 light-years away · also HIP 86057

GJ 680 is 31.6 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K5 star; the first was found in 2022 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

GJ 680 b takes 47.3 years to go round its star once.

GJ 680 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 typeK5
Surface temperature3,563 K
Mass0.456 solar masses
Radius0.45933 solar radii
Luminosity0.03063 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.129
Distance from the Sun31.6 light-years (9.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 263.8072°, Dec -48.6788°
ConstellationAra

The other star

GJ 680 B is a M3V star of magnitude 13, moving through space with it. In 2025 it was 5.4″ from GJ 680, at position angle 314° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 17352-4841 SKF 104): 52.2 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 680 b47.3 years10.138 AU12 R⊕ estimated7977.5 M⊕Radial 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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