GJ 1061 b
Planet· orbits the Sun
GJ 1061 b - the innermost of GJ 1061's three planets, a hot rocky world (~1.1 Earth masses) on a 3.2-day orbit. Never imaged.
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Key facts
Mass
6.63 × 10²⁴ kg
1.11 M⊕
Year
3.2 Earth days
Distance from GJ 1061
3,141,555 km
Science
Physical
- Mass
- 6.63 × 10²⁴ kg · 1.11 M⊕
- Radius
- Not measured
Orbital
- Semi-major axis
- 3,141,555 km
- Eccentricity
- 0.05
- Inclination
- 0.00 °
- Orbital period
- 3.2 days
- Perihelion
- 2,984,478 km
- Aphelion
- 3,298,633 km
- Mean orbital velocity
- 71.3 km/s
Composition
- Bulk composition
- Presumed rocky (~1.1 Earth masses); never imaged.
- Surface appearance
- Appearance based on ESO/M. Kornmesser's artist's concept. No spacecraft has imaged this world, so its real appearance is unknown — The surface shown is an artistic representation, shown only in Vision mode; Realism shows a plain spectral colour.
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 3.85 S⊕ · 3.85× the sunlight Earth receives
- Equilibrium temperature
- 388 K (115 °C)
Discovery & history
- Method
- Radial-velocity detection (stellar wobble)
- Name
- Designated 'b' as the first planet found around its star, following the IAU convention of lettering planets in discovery order from 'b'.
One of three planets announced in 2020 from radial-velocity data - the inner, warmest of the family.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.