GJ 328

Planetary system · 66.9 light-years away · also HIP 43790

GJ 328 is 66.9 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M0.0 star; the first was found in 2013 by radial velocity (McDonald Observatory).

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Worth knowing

GJ 328 b takes 10.3 years to go round its star once.

The star

Spectral typeM0.0
Surface temperature3,897 K
Mass0.65 solar masses
Radius0.63 solar radii
Luminosity0.08318 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.99
Distance from the Sun66.9 light-years (20.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 133.7820°, Dec 1.5420°
ConstellationHydra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 328 c241.8 days0.657 AU4.91 R⊕ estimated21.4 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2023
GJ 328 b10.3 years4.110 AU13.3 R⊕ estimated797.75 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2013

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.

The planets, compared

For a star of 3,897 K, 0.083 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.30 to 0.57 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.

The light you see left 67 years ago, within living memory.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by McDonald Observatory

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