Gl 725 B

Planetary system · 22.3 light-years away · also HD 173740, HIP 91772

Gl 725 B is 22.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M4 star; the first was found in 2026 by radial velocity (Mauna Kea Observatory).

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Worth knowing

Gl 725 B c goes round its star every 37.9 days, 2.3 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

Gl 725 B 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 typeM4
Surface temperature3,379 K
Mass0.25 solar masses
Radius0.28 solar radii
Luminosity0.009162 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.7
Ageabout 8.7 billion years
Distance from the Sun22.3 light-years (6.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 280.6954°, Dec 59.6271°
ConstellationDraco

The other star

Gl 725 A is a M3V star of magnitude 9.11, with a computed orbit. In 2025 it was 10.9″ from Gl 725 B, at position angle 5° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 18428+5938 STF2398 AB): 74.6 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Gl 725 B c37.9 days0.139 AU1.66 R⊕ estimated3.4 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2026

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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