Exoplanet · super-Earth
GJ 4274 b
GJ 4274 b is a super-Earth orbiting the star GJ 4274. Its year lasts 1.63 Earth days. It was discovered in 2026 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | GJ 4274 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 23.6 light-years (7.24 pc) |
| Orbital period | 39.2 hours |
| Orbital radius | 0.0153 AU |
| Radius | 1.53 R⊕ · 0.136 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 2.97 M⊕ · 0.00934 M♃ |
| Density | 4.56 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 549 K (275 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 14.7 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2026 |
| Discovered by | Mauna Kea Observatory |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 14.7 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 6.6° across: 12 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.25. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 72° N. South of latitude 72° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 2002. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 419 thousand years.
Planets in the same system
- GJ 4274 c 69.6-day orbit · 2.83 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.