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cool red dwarf · M4.5V

LHS 1140

LHS 1140 is a cool red dwarf 48.9 light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 3,096 K, 0.18 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 5 billion years. It has 2 known planets.

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Planets
2 
Distance
48.9 light-years15 pc
Star
3,096 K0.22 R☉

About this system

The innermost, LHS 1140 c, circles it in 3.78 days; the outermost, LHS 1140 b, in 24.7 days. One of them lies in the habitable zone: LHS 1140 b.

Worlds of LHS 1140

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
LHS 1140 cSuper-Earth 1.3 × Earth3.78 days422 K
LHS 1140 bSuper-Earth 1.7 × Earth24.7 days226 K