Kaewkosin
GJ 3470
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Distance from Earth
- 29.4214 pc (≈ 96 light-years)
- Spectral type
- M1.5
- Surface temperature
- 3,600 K
- Designation
- GJ 3470
- IAU name adopted
- 2023-08-01
- Name language
- Thai
- Name origin (IAU)
- Kaewkosin (แก้วโกสินทร์) refers to the crystals of the Hindu deity Indra in the Thai language, alluding to the ancient belief that the stars were gemstones.
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 96 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1930 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 12.3 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Its IAU name «Kaewkosin» comes from Thai (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.