Gliese 357 d
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Rafael Luque, Diana Kossakowski |
Discovery site | TESS |
Discovery date | 2019 |
Radial velocity | |
Orbital characteristics | |
55.7 days | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mass | ~6.1 ME |
GJ 357 d is an exoplanet, considered to be a "Super-Earth" within the circumstellar habitable zone of it’s parent star.[1][2][3][4] The planet orbits GJ 357, 31 light-years from the Solar System,[2] The system is part of the Hydra constellation.[2]
The planet was discovered by the TESS team and announced in July 2019. The data confirming the presence of the planet was uncovered in ground based observation dating back to 1998 while confirming the TESS detection of GJ 357 b, a “hot earth” that orbits much closer to the parent star.[5]
References
- ^ Falconer, Rebecca, Newly uncovered super-Earth 31 light-years away may be habitable, Axios, August 1, 2019
- ^ a b c Reddy, Francis; Center, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight (2019-07-31). "TESS Discovers Habitable Zone Planet in GJ 357 System". SciTechDaily. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "Potentially habitable 'super-Earth' discovered just 31 light-years away". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Garner, Rob (2019-07-30). "NASA's TESS Helps Find Intriguing New World". NASA. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Garner, Rob (2019-07-30). "NASA's TESS Helps Find Intriguing New World". NASA. Retrieved 2019-08-01.