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cool red dwarf · M3.0V

GJ 581

GJ 581 is a cool red dwarf 20.5 light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 3,500 K, 0.29 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 4.3 billion years. It has 3 known planets.

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Planets
3 
Distance
20.5 light-years6.3 pc
Star
3,500 K0.3 R☉

About this system

The innermost, GJ 581 e, circles it in 3.15 days; the outermost, GJ 581 c, in 12.9 days.

Worlds of GJ 581

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
GJ 581 eSuper-Earth 1.4 × Earth3.15 days554 K
GJ 581 bNeptune-like 4.8 × Earth5.37 days464 K
GJ 581 cSub-Neptune 2.5 × Earth12.9 days346 K