Wolf 327

Planetary system · 93.1 light-years away

Wolf 327 is 93.1 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M2.5 V star; the first was found in 2024 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

Wolf 327 b goes round its star every 13.8 hours, 153 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM2.5 V
Surface temperature3,542 K
Mass0.405 solar masses
Radius0.406 solar radii
Luminosity0.02345 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.018
Ageabout 4.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun93.1 light-years (28.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 148.3783°, Dec 35.5705°
ConstellationLeo Minor

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Wolf 327 b13.8 hours0.0100 AU1.24 R⊕2.53 M⊕Transit, 2024

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 3,542 K, 0.023 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.16 to 0.31 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 93 years ago, within living memory.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

Sources

Privacy