Exoplanet · mini-Neptune
GJ 3779 b
GJ 3779 b is a mini-Neptune orbiting the star GJ 3779. Its year lasts 3.02 Earth days. It was discovered in 2018 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | GJ 3779 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 44.8 light-years (13.7 pc) |
| Orbital period | 3.02 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.026 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.070 |
| Radius | 2.75 R⊕ · 0.245 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 8 M⊕ · 0.0252 M♃ |
| Density | 2.11 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 527 K (254 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 12.8 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2018 |
| Discovered by | Calar Alto Observatory |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 12.8 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 5.8° across: 11 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.93. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 66° S. North of latitude 66° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1981. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 795 thousand years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.