GJ 3323 b

Planet· orbits GJ 3323

GJ 3323 b - a warm super-Earth (minimum mass ~2 Earth) on a tight 5.4-day orbit near the inner edge of the temperate zone. RV-only: minimum mass, model-estimate size, never imaged.

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Key facts

Minimum mass
1.21 × 10²⁵ kg
2.02 M⊕
Year
5.36 Earth days
Distance from GJ 3323
4,909,802 km

Science

Physical

Minimum mass (m·sin i)
1.21 × 10²⁵ kg · 2.02 M⊕
Radial-velocity detection measures m·sin i; the true mass depends on the unknown orbital inclination.
Radius
Not measured
No transit — radius is a model estimate for a ~2-Earth-mass world; true size unknown.

Orbital

Semi-major axis
4,909,802 km
From the NASA Exoplanet Archive (radial-velocity orbit)
Eccentricity
0.23
From the NASA Exoplanet Archive (radial-velocity orbit)
Inclination
0.00 °
From the NASA Exoplanet Archive (radial-velocity orbit)
Orbital period
5.4 days
From the NASA Exoplanet Archive (radial-velocity orbit)
Perihelion
3,780,548 km
Computed from the orbital elements
Aphelion
6,039,057 km
Computed from the orbital elements
Mean orbital velocity
66.6 km/s
Computed from the orbital elements

Composition

Bulk composition
A warm super-Earth of minimum mass ~2 Earth near the inner temperate zone; 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
2.51 S⊕ · 2.51× the sunlight Earth receives
Computed from GJ 3323's luminosity and the orbital distance (inverse-square; Earth's sunlight = 1).
Equilibrium temperature
290 K (17 °C)
Computed model value for its orbit near the inner temperate zone — not measured.

Discovery & history

Method
Radial-velocity detection (stellar wobble)
Name
Designated 'b' under the IAU convention that letters a star's planets 'b', 'c', 'd'... in the order they are discovered (the star itself is the unwritten 'a').

The inner of two planets announced in 2017 from HARPS radial-velocity data.

Images

No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.