Temperature
3509 K
3350 to 3584.8
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GJ 480
Unclassified star • 14.24 pc
Records
7
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
8
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 399119319HIP: HIP 61706
Approximate color
from effective temperature
Canonical Summary
Adopted host values from one source row
Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Stellar source: Ould-Elhkim et al. 2025 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.45 Msun
0.41 to 0.45
Radius
0.45 Rsun
0.45 to 0.52
Luminosity
-1.56 log(Lsun)
-1.61 to -1.52
Distance
14.24 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.45 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
GJ 480
0.45 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
GJ 480 b
Radial Velocity
◌
Discovery
2020
Period
9.55 days
Radius
—
Mass
8.80 M⊕
Eq. Temp
406 K
GJ 480 and Its Planet
GJ 480 is an M3.5 Ve star, an M-type dwarf, located 46.4 light-years away. Its mass is 0.45 solar masses, smaller than the Sun's, and its radius is 0.449 solar radii, also smaller than the Sun's. The star's temperature is 3510 K, cooler than the Sun's.
One planet orbits this star. GJ 480 b was discovered in 2020 using the radial velocity method, which measures the wobble a planet's gravity induces in its star's motion. Its minimum mass is 8.8 Earth masses, a lower bound on its true mass and larger than Earth's. It completes an orbit every 9.55 days, the only period reported for this system.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
7
Stellar refs
7
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitystable
Spectral Typedisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3584.8 | — | — | — | — | — | 14.24 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| — | 0.45 | — | — | — | M3.5 Ve | 14.24 | Feng et al. 2020 | TICv8 |
| 3350 | 0.41 | 0.52 | — | -1.52 | M4 | 14.24 | Turnbull 2015 | TICv8 |
| 3381 | 0.45 | 0.46 | — | -1.61 | — | 14.24 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 3509 | 0.45 | 0.45 | — | -1.56 | — | 14.24 | Ould-Elhkim et al. 2025 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | M3 | 14.24 | Hawley et al. 1996 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.24 | Duncan et al. 1991 | TICv8 |