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5 known planets · 23.6 light years

GJ 667 C

GJ 667 C is a red dwarf (M1.5 V) 23.6 light years away, with 5 confirmed planets, 2 of them in the habitable zone. Distances and orbital speeds are to scale; the star and planets are enlarged so you can see them.

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The star

The star

GJ 667 C

Type
M1.5 V
Surface
≈ 3,350 K
Mass
0.33 × the Sun
Brightness
0.0137 × the Sun
Habitable zone
0.111–0.196 AU

The planets

GJ 667 C

GJ 667 C b

Year
7.20 days
Distance from star
0.0504 AU
Mass
at least 5.7 Earths
Size
2.2 × Earth
Found
2012, radial velocity (La Silla Observatory)
Outside the habitable zone
GJ 667 C

GJ 667 C c

Year
28.14 days
Distance from star
0.125 AU
Mass
at least 3.8 Earths
Size
1.8 × Earth
Found
2013, radial velocity (La Silla Observatory)
In the habitable zone
GJ 667 C

GJ 667 C f

Year
39.03 days
Distance from star
0.156 AU
Mass
at least 2.7 Earths
Size
1.4 × Earth
Found
2013, radial velocity (La Silla Observatory)
In the habitable zone
GJ 667 C

GJ 667 C e

Year
62.24 days
Distance from star
0.213 AU
Mass
at least 2.7 Earths
Size
1.4 × Earth
Found
2013, radial velocity (La Silla Observatory)
Outside the habitable zone
GJ 667 C

GJ 667 C g

Year
256.20 days
Distance from star
0.549 AU
Mass
at least 4.6 Earths
Size
2 × Earth
Found
2013, radial velocity (La Silla Observatory)
Outside the habitable zone

Masses found by the wobble method are minimums, because the orbit's tilt is unknown. Temperatures are equilibrium estimates for a bare planet, before any atmosphere.

How we know

The wobble

The planet tugs its star back and forth. Spectrographs measure the tiny shift in the star's light, which gives the planet's year and a minimum mass.

Sources

  1. Planet and star parameters: NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Parameters, retrieved 31 Oct 2026. This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with NASA under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.
  2. Position: HYG Database v4.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  3. Habitable zone: a simple estimate from the star's brightness (√L × 0.95 to 1.67 AU), shown as a guide.
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