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Gliese 3988
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Star Gliese 3988

Red dwarf Gliese 3988 is located 32 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M4.5 V, that has 18 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.
Sun distance
32 light years

Gliese 3988

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M4.5 V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 17h 3m 24.1s
Declination iconDeclination: 51° 24' 32.631'' (northern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 100.927
Distance iconSun distance: 32.316 ly | 9.9 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 18.4 % M Sun | 193 M Jupiter
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Size: 19.7 % R Sun | 2 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3273 K | 0.57 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.004026 L Sun

Photometry

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K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

Gliese 3988 system structure

Gliese 3988
Gliese 3988 b 0.04 AU 3.7 M 6.9 days
More about Gliese 3988
Nearby star Gliese 3988 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3273 K (3000 °C), which is about 57 % of Sun's temperature.
       Gliese 3988 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope. 
Other designations of this star
G 203-42, LHS 3262, NLTT 44121, 2MASS J17032384+5124219, GJ 3988, Karmn J17033+514, Gaia EDR3 1412645602995521920
External sources
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Simbad database (G 203-42)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 1412645602995521920)
Archive from the Gaia mission
Class of stars Red dwarf
Red dwarfs are small reddish stars, that are by far the most common type of star in solar neighborhood. Their mass is usually between 10 and 50 % of solar mass.
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- 5.8 ly

Gliese 694
0 M☉ 6 ly

Gliese 623
0.51 M☉ 7.6 ly

Gliese 3959
0 M☉ 8.4 ly

Gliese 3991
0.2 M☉ 8.5 ly
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