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Wolf 1061 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/Wolf 1061 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Terrestrial

Wolf 1061 b

Orbiting Wolf 1061

Discovered in 2015 using Radial Velocity. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,015
Method: Radial Velocity
Radius: 1.21 R⊕
Mass: 1.91 M⊕
Orbit: 4.8869 days
Distance: 4.30592 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 4.8869 days
Semi-major axis: 0.0375 AU
Eccentricity: 0.15
Radius: 1.21 Earth radii
Mass: 1.91 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Msini
Density: 5.92 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 461.1 K
Insolation: 7.34 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: Wolf 1061
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 3
Spectral type: M3.5
Stellar temperature: 3,342 K
Stellar radius: 0.307 R☉
Stellar mass: 0.294 M☉
Stellar metallicity: -0.09 dex
Stellar age: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Distance: 4.30592 parsecs
Right ascension: 16h30m17.96s
Declination: -12d40m03.67s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Radial Velocity
Discovery year: 2,015
Publication date: 2016-02
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: La Silla Observatory
Telescope: 3.6 m ESO Telescope
Instrument: HARPS Spectrograph
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Visual archive

Gallery

One image from Wolf 1061 b.

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