GJ 3634 b

GJ 3634 b
Discovery
Discovered byX. Bonfils et al.[1]
Discovery siteEuropean Southern Observatory[1]
Discovery dateFebruary 7, 2011[2]
Radial velocity method[1]
Orbital characteristics
0.0287 (± 0.0011)[3] AU
Eccentricity0.08[3]
2.64561 d
Inclination59 +18
−24[3]
StarGJ 3634
Physical characteristics
Mass8.4+4.0
−1.5[3] ME
Temperature565 K (292 °C; 557 °F)[4]

GJ 3634 b (sometimes Gliese 3634 b) is a super-Earth exoplanet in the orbit of the nearby red dwarf GJ 3634 at approximately 64.5 light-years[5] in constellation Hydra. The planet is approximately eight times the mass of Earth, and orbits its star every two and a half days at a distance of 0.0287 AU. The planet was the first to be discovered by a group of astronomers searching for exoplanets in the orbit of very-low-mass stars after the team reorganized their strategy, choosing to search for targets that they could also confirm using the transit method. However, a transit event associated with GJ 3634 b was not detected. The planet's discovery was published in Astronomy and Astrophysics on February 8, 2011.

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