Exoplanet · super-Earth
GJ 740 b
GJ 740 b is a super-Earth orbiting the star GJ 740. Its year lasts 2.38 Earth days. It was discovered in 2021 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | GJ 740 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 36.2 light-years (11.1 pc) |
| Orbital period | 2.38 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.029 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.240 |
| Radius | 1.53 R⊕ · 0.136 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 2.96 M⊕ · 0.00931 M♃ |
| Density | 4.54 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 829 K (556 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 79 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2021 |
| Discovered by | Multiple Observatories |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 79 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 10° across: 19 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.22. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 84° S. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1990. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 642 thousand years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.