Luyten b

Luyten b
Discovery[1]
Discovered byAstudillo-Defru et al., HARPS
Discovery date17 March 2017
Radial velocity
Orbital characteristics[1]
0.091101+0.000019
−0.000017
 AU
Eccentricity0.10+0.09
−0.07
18.6498+0.0059
−0.0052
 d
Semi-amplitude1.61±0.15 m/s
StarLuyten's Star
Physical characteristics
Mass≥2.89+0.27
−0.26
 M🜨
Temperature259 K (−14 °C; 7 °F)[2]

Luyten b (more commonly known as Gliese 273b) is a confirmed exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone of the nearby red dwarf Luyten's Star. It is the fourth-closest potentially habitable exoplanet known, at a distance of 12 light-years. Only Proxima Centauri b, Ross 128 b, and GJ 1061 d are closer. Discovered alongside Gliese 273c in June 2017, Luyten b is a super-Earth of around 2.89 times the mass of Earth and receives only 6% more starlight than Earth, making it one of the best candidates for habitability.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference exoplanets was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "PHL's calculators". Archived from the original on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2017-11-16.

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