Temperature
3379 K
single adopted value
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Gl 725 B
M4 • 6.84 pc
Records
8
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
9
distinct source labels
HD: HD 173740HIP: HIP 91772TIC: TIC 392572237
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: Cortés-Zuleta et al. 2025 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.25 Msun
0.25 to 0.30
Radius
0.28 Rsun
0.28 to 0.28
Luminosity
-2.04 log(Lsun)
-2.04 to -2
Distance
6.84 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
M4
Multiple classifications reported
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.28 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Gl 725 B
0.28 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
0 planets linked to this host
No confirmed planets found for this stellar host.
Gl 725 B and Its Companion Planet
Gl 725 B is an M3.5V star, a small, cool red dwarf, located 22.3 light-years from us. One planet is known to orbit it. The star is 8.7 billion years old, with 0.25 solar masses, 0.28 solar radii, and a temperature of 3380 K. Each of these figures places it below the Sun: less massive, smaller, and cooler.
The planet is Gl 725 B c, found by the radial velocity method, which detects the wobble a planet's gravity induces in its star's motion, in 2026. Its minimum mass is 3.4 Earth masses, larger than Earth's, and its orbital period is 37.9 days. The minimum mass is a lower bound on the planet's true mass.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
8
Stellar refs
8
System refs
1
Distancestable
Temperaturestable
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitystable
Metallicitystable
Spectral Typedisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 0.25 | 0.28 | — | — | — | 6.84 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.84 | Nidever et al. 2002 | TICv8 |
| — | 0.30 | — | — | -2 | M3.5V | 6.84 | Turnbull 2015 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.84 | Duncan et al. 1991 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | M3.5 | 6.84 | Hawley et al. 1996 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.84 | Wright et al. 2004 | TICv8 |
| 3379 | 0.25 | 0.28 | — | -2.04 | M4 | 6.84 | Cortés-Zuleta et al. 2025 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | K5 | 6.84 | Cannon & Pickering 1918 | TICv8 |