Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

GJ 1151 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf GJ 1151, located approximately 26.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 389.700 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5714 AU
  • Distance from Earth 26.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.612
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 462,226 years

GJ 1151 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.290 R♃
Mass
10.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
1.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.612
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Facilities
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#312of 1978

top 15.7%

This planet

3.25R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 1151 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 10.620 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 11893637

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 786834302079285632

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 786834302080370304

System

GJ 1151

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.250 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.620 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 389.70 d · percentile 99 / cohort 1946
Distance 8.04 pc · percentile 1 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.612 · percentile 83 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
389.700 days
Semi-major axis
0.5714 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.07 Earth years at a mean orbital distance of 0.5714 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.612

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Blanco Pozo et al. 2023

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2023-01

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2023 at Multiple Facilities (3 shown).

Host System: GJ 1151

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,280 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.178 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.164 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

5.090 dex

Stellar density

29.347 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

140.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.220

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
8.04 parsec
Light-years 26.21 ly
V-band magnitude
13.76 mag
Voyager-speed travel 462,226 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

7.616.516.48U13.76V11.69Gaia10.30TESS15.34Sloan g12.77Sloan r11.06Sloan i10.70Sloan z10.17Ic8.49J7.95H7.64K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

124.407 mas

Total Proper Motion

1,821.045 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1,545.70 mas/yr

PM Declination

-962.82 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.664 · y = 0.026 · z = 0.747

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 177.73049° · Dec 48.37323°

Galactic ℓ, b

147.870° · 65.720°

Ecliptic λ, β

154.154° · 42.481°

HTM-20 index

-443347484

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