GJ 4274

Planetary system · 23.6 light-years away

GJ 4274 is 23.6 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M4.5 V star; the first was found in 2026 by radial velocity (Mauna Kea Observatory).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

GJ 4274 b goes round its star every 39.2 hours, 54 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM4.5 V
Surface temperature3,228 K
Mass0.18 solar masses
Radius0.19 solar radii
Luminosity0.00345 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.31
Ageabout 0.12 billion years
Distance from the Sun23.6 light-years (7.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 335.7805°, Dec -17.6104°
ConstellationAquarius

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
GJ 4274 b39.2 hours0.0153 AU1.53 R⊕ estimated2.97 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2026
GJ 4274 c69.6 days0.186 AU2.83 R⊕ estimated8.39 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2026

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 3,228 K, 0.0034 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.061 to 0.12 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 24 years ago, within living memory.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Mauna Kea Observatory

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