GJ 486 is 26.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M3.5 V star; the first was found in 2021 by radial velocity (Calar Alto Observatory).
Fly there in 3DGJ 486 b goes round its star every 35.2 hours, 60 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | M3.5 V |
| Surface temperature | 3,317 K |
| Mass | 0.312 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.3243 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.01151 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.39 |
| Age | about 4 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 26.3 light-years (8.1 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 191.9815°, Dec 9.7494° |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GJ 486 b | 35.2 hours | 0.0171 AU | 1.289 R⊕ | 2.77 M⊕ | 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 3,317 K, 0.012 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.11 to 0.22 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 26 years ago, within living memory.