GJ 1061 c
Planet· orbits GJ 1061
GJ 1061 c - the middle planet of GJ 1061 (~1.8 Earth masses), on a 6.7-day orbit at the warm inner edge of the temperate zone.
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Key facts
Mass
1.08 × 10²⁵ kg
1.81 M⊕
Year
6.69 Earth days
Distance from GJ 1061
5,116,247 km
Science
Physical
- Mass
- 1.08 × 10²⁵ kg · 1.81 M⊕
- Radius
- Not measured
- No transit — radius is a model estimate; true size unknown.
Orbital
- Semi-major axis
- 5,116,247 km
- From the NASA Exoplanet Archive (radial-velocity orbit)
- Eccentricity
- 0.02
- From the NASA Exoplanet Archive (radial-velocity orbit)
- Inclination
- 0.00 °
- From the NASA Exoplanet Archive (radial-velocity orbit)
- Orbital period
- 6.7 days
- From the NASA Exoplanet Archive (radial-velocity orbit)
- Perihelion
- 5,013,922 km
- Computed from the orbital elements
- Aphelion
- 5,218,572 km
- Computed from the orbital elements
- Mean orbital velocity
- 55.6 km/s
- Computed from the orbital elements
Composition
- Bulk composition
- Presumed rocky (~1.8 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 Visual mode; Realism shows a plain spectral colour.
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 1.45 S⊕ · 1.45× the sunlight Earth receives
- Computed from GJ 1061's luminosity and the orbital distance (inverse-square; Earth's sunlight = 1).
- Equilibrium temperature
- 304 K (31 °C)
- Computed model value — not measured.
Discovery & history
- Method
- Radial-velocity detection (stellar wobble)
- Name
- Designated 'c' as the second planet found around its star, following the IAU convention of lettering planets in discovery order from 'b'.
The second of the three planets found in 2020.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.