Wolf 1061 b
Orbiting Wolf 1061
Wolf 1061 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Wolf 1061, discovered in 2015 using the Radial Velocity method.
Minimum Mass (M sin i)
1.91
Earth masses
Orbital Period
4.9
days
Distance
4.3
parsecs
Radius (Earth radii)
Unknown
Minimum Mass, M sin(i) (Earth masses)
1.91
Radial-velocity minimum
Equilibrium Temperature
Unknown
Parameter source: Astudillo-Defru et al. 2017
Orbital Period
4.887+0.001−0.001days
Semi-Major Axis
0.0375+0.0012−0.0013au
M sin(i) (Earth masses)
1.91+0.26−0.25
M sin(i) (Jupiter masses)
0.0060+0.0008−0.0008
Eccentricity
0.1500+0.1300−0.1000
Radial Velocity Semi-Amplitude
1.67+0.20−0.19m/s
Distance from Earth
4.3 pc (~14 ly)
Spectral Type
M3.5
Temperature
3342 K
Mass (Solar)
0.29 M☉
Radius (Solar)
0.31 R☉
Luminosity
-1.99 log L☉
Planets in System
3
Stars in System
1
Coordinates (RA, Dec)
247.5748°, -12.6677°
Discovery Method
Radial Velocity
Discovery Year
2015
Source ID: Wolf 1061 b
Wolf 1061 b orbits Wolf 1061 and was reported in 2015 and was detected with the Radial Velocity method.
Published measurements list a minimum mass of 1.91 Earth masses (M sin i) and an orbital period of 4.89 days.
Catalog data places the system at about 4.3 parsecs from Earth, a host star classified as M3.5, and 3 known planets in the system.
Host star
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