Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

GJ 367 c

A super-earth orbiting the m-type red dwarf GJ 367, located approximately 30.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.13 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 11.530 days
  • Distance from Earth 30.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.813
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 541,392 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around GJ 367

GJ 367 c shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
GJ 367 b Rocky Terrestrial 0.70 0.63 0.322 1,365 2021
GJ 367 c this Super-Earth 1.86 4.13 11.530 2023
GJ 367 d Sub-Neptune 2.33 6.03 34.369 2023

GJ 367 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.166 R♃
Mass
4.13 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
3.53 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.813
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#177of 1176

top 15.0%

This planet

1.86R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 367 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.13317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.531.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 4.130 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 47780

TIC

TIC 34068865

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5412250540681250560

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5412250540681250560

System

GJ 367

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.860 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.130 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 11.53 d · percentile 69 / cohort 1164
Distance 9.41 pc · percentile 2 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.813 · percentile 90 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.530 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.090
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.53 Earth days (3.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.813

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Goffo et al. 2023

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2023-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: GJ 367

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,522 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.458 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.455 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.776 dex

Stellar density

6.697 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

47.92 km/s

Rotation period

51.30 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.169

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
9.41 parsec
Light-years 30.70 ly
V-band magnitude
10.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 541,392 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 8 bands

5.811.611.62B10.15V9.15Gaia8.03TESS7.80Ic6.63J6.05H5.78K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

106.211 mas

Total Proper Motion

744.059 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-462.55 mas/yr

PM Declination

-582.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.579 · y = 0.389 · z = -0.717

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 146.12146° · Dec -45.77902°

Galactic ℓ, b

272.243° · 5.659°

Ecliptic λ, β

172.945° · -54.308°

HTM-20 index

-908434844

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