GJ 9404

Planetary system · 77.9 light-years away · also HIP 60093

GJ 9404 is 77.9 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M2V star; the first was found in 2023 by radial velocity (Roque de los Muchachos Observatory).

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GJ 9404 b goes round its star every 13.5 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM2V
Surface temperature3,811 K
Mass0.62 solar masses
Radius0.626041 solar radii
Luminosity0.1 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.62
Distance from the Sun77.9 light-years (23.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 184.8472°, Dec 28.3827°
ConstellationComa Berenices

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 9404 b13.5 days0.0943 AU3.48 R⊕ estimated11.9 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2023

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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