| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | December 18, 2015 |
| Radial Velocity | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Apastron | 0.7285 AU (108,980,000 km) |
| Periastron | 0.2115 AU (31,640,000 km) |
| 0.470 +0.15 −0.17[1] AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.55 +0.08 −0.09 |
| 217.21 +0.55 −0.52 d | |
| Inclination | null |
| Star | Wolf 1061 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| ~2.2 Rđš | |
| Mass | â„7.70 +1.12 −1.06[1] ME |
| Temperature | 118 K (â155 °C; â247 °F) |
Wolf 1061d is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Wolf 1061 in the Ophiuchus constellation, about 13.8 light years from Earth. It is the third and furthest planet in order from its host star in a triple planetary system, and has an orbital period of about 217 days.