GJ 96 is 38.9 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M2 star; the first was found in 2018 by radial velocity (Haute-Provence Observatory).
Fly there in 3DGJ 96 b goes round its star every 73.9 days, 1.2 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | M2 |
| Surface temperature | 3,785 K |
| Mass | 0.6 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.580612 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.0888 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 9.4 |
| Distance from the Sun | 38.9 light-years (11.9 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 35.5624°, Dec 47.8802° |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GJ 96 b | 73.9 days | 0.291 AU | 4.67 R⊕ estimated | 19.66 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2018 |
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 3,785 K, 0.089 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.31 to 0.59 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.