Gliese 221

Gliese 221 is an orange-red dwarf star 66 light years from Earth.

Gliese 221
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Orion
Right ascension  05h 53m 00.0s
Declination −05° 59 41
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.69 ± 0.01
Characteristics
Spectral type K7V/M0V
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −1.045±0.070[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −346.721±0.070[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)49.3062 ± 0.0529[1] mas
Distance66.15 ± 0.07 ly
(20.28 ± 0.02 pc)
Details
Mass0.7 M
Radius? R
Luminosity0.095 ± 0.01 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.74 ± 0.02 cgs
Temperature4324 ± 100 K
Metallicity-0.14 ± 0.17
Age4.4 ± 4 × 109 years
Other designations
BD-061339, HIP 27803, LTT 2396
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
data

Planetary system

From 2003 to 2012, the star was under observance from the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS). It is becoming less active and this reduced activity allowed for lower-mass planetary measurements to be made.

In 2012, a super-Venus planet, and an eccentric Neptune / Saturn in the habitable zone,[2] were deduced by radial velocity. They were published in January 2013. In January 2014, a new, sub-Saturn planet candidate was reported.[3]

The Gliese 221 planetary system[4][5]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b >0.027 ± 0.004 MJ

(>8.5806 M⊕ ± 1.2712 M⊕) MJ

0.0428 ± 0.0007 3.8728 ± 0.0004 -
c >0.17 ± 0.03 MJ

(>54.026 M⊕ ± 9.534 M⊕) MJ

0.435 ± 0.007 125.94 ± 0.44 0.31 ± 0.11
d (unconfirmed) >0.07 MJ

(>22.246 M⊕) MJ

1.0947 500

References

  1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. The preprint defined the star's HZ to 0.5-0.9 AU. Square root of luminosity would put an Earth analogue at 0.31 AU. The planet's semimajor is 0.435 AU.
  3. A new cold sub-Saturnian candidate planet orbiting GJ 221: Mikko Tuomi, January 16, 2014
  4. "Planet BD-061339b".
  5. G. Lo Curto; et al. (2013). "The HARPS search for southern extrasolar planets: XXXVI. New multi-planet systems in the HARPS volume limited sample: a super-Earth and a Neptune in the habitable zone". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 551: A59. arXiv:1301.2741. Bibcode:2013A&A...551A..59L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220415.


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