Exoplanet · gas giant
GJ 3512 b
GJ 3512 b is a gas giant orbiting the star GJ 3512. Its year lasts 203 Earth days. It was discovered in 2019 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | GJ 3512 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 30.9 light-years (9.49 pc) |
| Orbital period | 203 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.338 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.428 |
| Radius | 14.3 R⊕ · 1.28 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 147 M⊕ · 0.461 M♃ |
| Density | 0.275 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 97 K (-176 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 0.0138 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2019 |
| Discovered by | Calar Alto Observatory |
Habitable zone
Beyond the habitable zone: it receives only %1.4 of the light the Earth does, a frozen world.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 0.22° across: 0.41 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.05. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 31° S. North of latitude 31° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1995. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 549 thousand years.
Planets in the same system
- GJ 3512 c 2,350-day orbit · 14.3 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.