The GJ 1061 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 11.98 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.12 solar masses |
Radius | 0.16 solar radiae |
Temperature | 2953 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.08 decimal exponent |
Age | 7 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, GJ 1061 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.370 Earth masses |
Density | 5.660 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.100 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.021 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.31 |
Orbital Period | 3.204 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2020-03 |
Reference | Dreizler et al. 2020 |
At 1.739 Earth masses, GJ 1061 c is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 1.740 Earth masses |
Density | 5.820 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.180 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.035 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.29 |
Orbital Period | 6.689 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2020-03 |
Reference | Dreizler et al. 2020 |
At 1.641 Earth masses, GJ 1061 d is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes. GJ 1061 d orbits within the habitable zone of its parent star and could, potentially, be a habitable planet with stable bodies of liquid water on its surface, like Earth.
Mass | 1.640 Earth masses |
Density | 5.770 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.160 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.054 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.53 |
Orbital Period | 13.031 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2020-03 |
Reference | Dreizler et al. 2020 |