GJ 1061 c
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Planet
- Host star
- GJ 1061
- Distance from Earth
- 3.6728 pc (≈ 12 light-years)
- NASA planet type
- Super Earth
- Radius (Earth = 1)
- 1.19
- Mass (Earth = 1)
- 1.81
- Orbital period
- 6.6821 days
- Semi-major axis
- 0.0342 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.02
- Equilibrium temperature
- 304.12 K
- Discovery method
- Radial Velocity
- Discovery year
- 2,020
- Discovery facility
- La Silla Observatory
- Host spectral type
- M5.5 V
- Host temperature
- 2,953 K
- Host radius (Sun = 1)
- 0.156
- Host mass (Sun = 1)
- 0.12
- Host brightness
- 12.7 mag
Source:NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗NASA Science · checked 2026-11-02 ↗NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 12 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 2014 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- Its radius is about 1.2 times Earth's (NASA Exoplanet Archive).
- One orbit takes about 6.7 Earth days — that is this planet's year.
Worked out from this object's official values.