GPX-1

Planetary system · 2136.4 light-years away

GPX-1 is 2,136 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F2 star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Acton Sky Portal Observatory).

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Worth knowing

GPX-1 b goes round its star every 41.9 hours, 50 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF2
Surface temperature7,000 K
Mass1.68 solar masses
Radius1.56 solar radii
Luminosity5.33 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.316
Ageabout 0.27 billion years
Distance from the Sun2136.4 light-years (655.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 38.3692°, Dec 56.0257°
ConstellationPerseus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GPX-1 b41.9 hours0.0338 AU16.477 R⊕6261.2 M⊕Transit, 2021

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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