The Wolf 1061 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 14.04 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 0.29 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.31 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 3342 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | -0.09 decimal exponent |
| Age | - billion years |
At 1.911 Earth masses, Wolf 1061 b 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 | 1.910 Earth masses |
| Density | 5.920 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 1.210 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.0375 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.15 |
| Orbital Period | 4.887 days |
| Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
| Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
| Discovery Date | 2016-02 |
| Reference | Wright et al. 2016 |
At 3.412 Earth masses, Wolf 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 | 3.410 Earth masses |
| Density | 4.100 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 1.660 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.089 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.11 |
| Orbital Period | 17.872 days |
| Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
| Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
| Discovery Date | 2016-02 |
| Reference | Wright et al. 2016 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Wolf 1061 d is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
| Mass | 7.700 Earth masses |
| Density | 2.170 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 2.690 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.47 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.55 |
| Orbital Period | 217.210 days |
| Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
| Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
| Discovery Date | 2016-02 |
| Reference | Wright et al. 2016 |