Orkaria
GJ 1214
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Distance from Earth
- 14.6427 pc (≈ 47.8 light-years)
- Spectral type
- M4 V
- Surface temperature
- 3,101 K
- Designation
- GJ 1214
- IAU name adopted
- 2023-08-01
- Name language
- Maa
- Name origin (IAU)
- Orkaria refers to the red ochre commonly donned by young Maa warriors during cultural ceremonies and alludes to the colour of GJ 1214.
Source:NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 48 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1978 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 15.1 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Its IAU name «Orkaria» comes from Maa (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.