Gl 49

Planetary system · 32.1 light-years away · also HIP 4872

Gl 49 is 32.1 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M1.5 V star; the first was found in 2019 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

Gl 49 b goes round its star every 13.9 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

Gl 49 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 typeM1.5 V
Surface temperature3,805 K
Mass0.515 solar masses
Radius0.511 solar radii
Luminosity0.04938 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.56
Distance from the Sun32.1 light-years (9.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 15.6687°, Dec 62.3454°
ConstellationCassiopeia

The other star

Gl 49 B has no spectral type listed of magnitude 13.78, judged a true companion. In 2016 it was 294.5″ from Gl 49, at position angle 76° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 01026+6221 WNO 51 AB): 2,902 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger. Its colour is estimated from its brightness.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Gl 49 b13.9 days0.0905 AU2.24 R⊕ estimated5.63 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2019

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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