GJ 480 is 46.4 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M3.5 Ve star; the first was found in 2020 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).
Fly there in 3DGJ 480 b goes round its star every 9.55 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | M3.5 Ve |
| Surface temperature | 3,509 K |
| Mass | 0.45 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.449 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.02742 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.49 |
| Distance from the Sun | 46.4 light-years (14.2 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 189.7134°, Dec 11.6951° |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GJ 480 b | 9.55 days | 0.0680 AU | 2.91 R⊕ estimated | 8.8 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2020 |
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 3,509 K, 0.027 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.17 to 0.33 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 46 years ago, within living memory.