Gliese 687

Gliese 687

system

Gliese 687 is a red dwarf just 14.8 light-years away in Draco, among the closest stars known to host more than one planet. Two Neptune-mass worlds circle it, both found from the gentle wobble they raise in the star.

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Key facts

Type
Red dwarf + 2 planets
Distance
14.8 light-years
Confirmed planets
2

Science

Classification

Type
Single red-dwarf system
Central star
Gliese 687 — M3.0V red dwarf (~3413 K, 0.40 M☉)

Planets

Confirmed planets
2 · b and c, both Neptune-mass
Masses
Radial-velocity minimums (m·sin i)

Distance

Distance
14.8 light-years · one of the nearest stars

How we know

Note
Two confirmed planets (NASA Exoplanet Archive, checked 2026-07-07), both radial-velocity detections — minimum masses, no measured sizes. Map distance is symbolic; the real gap is 14.8 light-years.

Discovery & history

Name
A catalogue designation (Gliese 687); no proper name.

A Neptune-mass planet was found in 2014 and a second, outer one in 2020, from precise radial-velocity monitoring.

Images

Where to find it — in Draco, the Dragon (IAU constellation chart). To the eye it is a single point of light; no telescope has imaged its surface.
IAU / Sky & Telescope, R. Sinnott & R. Fienberg (CC BY 3.0) · Wikimedia Commons

Images from open archives · credit shown per image