Su
GJ 486 b
IAU name «Su» — Spain, 2022 contest
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Planet
- Host star
- GJ 486
- Distance from Earth
- 8.0743 pc (≈ 26.3 light-years)
- NASA planet type
- Super Earth
- Radius (Earth = 1)
- 1.289
- Mass (Earth = 1)
- 2.77
- Orbital period
- 1.4671 days
- Semi-major axis
- 0.01714 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.00086
- Equilibrium temperature
- 696.3 K
- Discovery method
- Radial Velocity
- Discovery year
- 2,021
- Discovery facility
- Calar Alto Observatory
- Host spectral type
- M3.5 V
- Host temperature
- 3,317 K
- Host radius (Sun = 1)
- 0.3243
- Host mass (Sun = 1)
- 0.312
- Host brightness
- 11.39 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 ↗
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Host star
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 26 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 2000 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- Its radius is about 1.3 times Earth's (NASA Exoplanet Archive).
- One orbit takes about 1.5 Earth days — that is this planet's year.
Worked out from this object's official values.