Exoplanet · Earth-sized rocky planet
Wolf 1061 b
Wolf 1061 b is a Earth-sized rocky planet orbiting the star Wolf 1061. Its year lasts 4.89 Earth days. It was discovered in 2015 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | Wolf 1061 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 14.0 light-years (4.31 pc) |
| Orbital period | 4.89 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.0375 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Radius | 1.21 R⊕ · 0.108 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 1.91 M⊕ · 0.00601 M♃ |
| Density | 5.92 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 461 K (188 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 7.34 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2015 |
| Discovered by | La Silla Observatory |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 7.34 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 4.4° across: 8.2 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.10. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 77° N. South of latitude 77° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 2012. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 249 thousand years.
Planets in the same system
- Wolf 1061 c 17.9-day orbit · 1.66 R⊕
- Wolf 1061 d 217-day orbit · 2.69 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.