GJ 414 A is 38.8 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this K7 V star; the first was found in 2021 by radial velocity (W. M. Keck Observatory).
Fly there in 3DGJ 414 A b goes round its star every 50.8 days, 1.7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
GJ 414 A is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only GJ 414 A and its planets are drawn.
| Spectral type | K7 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,120 K |
| Mass | 0.65 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.68 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.119 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 8.31 |
| Age | about 12.4 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 38.8 light-years (11.9 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 167.7745°, Dec 30.4452° |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GJ 414 A b | 50.8 days | 0.232 AU | 2.63 R⊕ | 7.6 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2021 |
| GJ 414 A c | 749.8 days | 1.400 AU | 8.4 R⊕ | 53.83 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 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.
For a star of 4,120 K, 0.12 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.35 to 0.67 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 39 years ago, within living memory.