Wolf 1061 c
Planet· orbits the Sun
Wolf 1061 c - a super-Earth (minimum mass ~3.4 Earth) orbiting in the star's habitable zone every 18 days, one of the nearest potentially temperate worlds. Its mass is a minimum and it has never transited or been imaged, so whether it is truly rocky or holds water is unknown.
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Key facts
Minimum mass
2.04 × 10²⁵ kg
3.41 M⊕
Year
17.87 Earth days
Distance from Wolf 1061
13,314,210 km
Science
Physical
- Minimum mass (m·sin i)
- 2.04 × 10²⁵ kg · 3.41 M⊕
- Radius
- Not measured
Orbital
- Semi-major axis
- 13,314,210 km
- Eccentricity
- 0.11
- Inclination
- 0.00 °
- Orbital period
- 17.9 days
- Perihelion
- 11,849,647 km
- Aphelion
- 14,778,774 km
- Mean orbital velocity
- 54.2 km/s
Composition
- Bulk composition
- A super-Earth of minimum mass ~3.4 Earth orbiting in the habitable zone; whether it is rocky or holds water is unknown, and it has never been 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
- 1.29 S⊕ · 1.29× the sunlight Earth receives
- Equilibrium temperature
- 299 K (26 °C)
Discovery & history
- Method
- Radial-velocity detection (stellar wobble)
- Name
- Designated 'c' 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 habitable-zone member of the three-planet family found in 2015 by HARPS - a much-studied nearby temperate super-Earth candidate.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.