Stellar HostProfile

GJ 96

M2 • 11.93 pc

Records

literature rows

Planets

system count

References

distinct source labels

HIP: HIP 11048TIC: TIC 409527090

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Stellar source: Hobson et al. 2018 • System source: TICv8

Temperature

3785 K

3782 to 3845.5

4 values • 4 distinct

Mass

0.60 Msun

0.50 to 0.60

3 values • 3 distinct

Luminosity

-1.05 log(Lsun)

-1.21 to -1.05

4 values • 4 distinct

Distance

11.93 pc

single adopted value

7 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

Multiple classifications reported

M2 (2), M0.5 (1)

Planets

Stable across source rows

Discovery

2018

Period

73.94 days

Radius

—

Mass

19.66 M⊕

Eq. Temp

—

GJ 96 and Its Planet

GJ 96 is a star 38.9 light-years from Earth with a spectral type of M2, making it a small, cool red dwarf. Its mass of 0.6 solar masses is smaller than the Sun's, and its temperature of 3790 K is cooler than the Sun's. One known planet orbits this host.

That planet, GJ 96 b, was discovered in 2018 using the radial velocity method, which measures the wobble a planet's gravity induces in its star's motion. Repeated wobbles reveal the planet and its orbital period. GJ 96 b completes one orbit every 73.9 days.

Its minimum mass is 19.7 Earth masses, a lower bound on its true mass. That minimum mass is larger than Earth's.

Evidence Summary

Rows

Stellar refs

System refs

Distancestable

7 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

7 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Massdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Luminositydisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Surface Gravitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Metallicitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Typedisputed

3 values • 2 distinct

ST TEFF	ST MASS	ST RAD	ST AGE	ST LUM	ST SPECTYPE	SY DIST	Stellar Ref	System Ref
3799	0.50	0.61	—	-1.16	M2	11.93	Turnbull 2015	TICv8
3785	0.60	—	—	-1.05	M2	11.93	Hobson et al. 2018	TICv8
—	—	—	—	—	—	11.93	Nidever et al. 2002	TICv8
3782	0.57	0.58	—	-1.21	—	11.93	TICv8	TICv8
—	—	—	—	—	—	11.93	Wright et al. 2004	TICv8
—	—	—	—	—	M0.5	11.93	Hawley et al. 1996	TICv8
3845.5	—	0.59	—	-1.16	—	11.93	Gaia DR2	TICv8

GJ 96

Adopted host values from one source row

Known planets

GJ 96 b

GJ 96 and Its Planet

Underlying measurements and references