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Gliese 486
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Star Gliese 486

Red dwarf Gliese 486 is located 26 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M3.5Ve C, that has 32 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.
Sun distance
26 light years
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Gliese 486

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M3.5Ve C

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 12h 47m 55.542s
Declination iconDeclination: 9° 44' 57.675'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 123.776
Distance iconSun distance: 26.351 ly | 8.1 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 32.3 % M Sun | 338 M Jupiter
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Size: 33 % R Sun | 3.3 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3340 K | 0.58 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.01210 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 11.4
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 11.8
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).
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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

Gliese 486 system structure

 Gliese 486
Gliese 486 b 0.02 AU 2.8 M⊕ 1.3 R⊕ 1.5 days
More about Gliese 486
Nearby star Gliese 486 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 30 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3340 K (3067 °C), which is about 58 % of Sun's temperature.
       Gliese 486 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
GJ 486, Gl 486, Wolf 437, LHS 341, HIC 62452, HIP 62452, LFT 947, LTT 13654, G 60-32, Ci 20 737, TYC 882-1111-1, NLTT 31933, WISEA J124755.90+094500.2, LSPM J1247+0945, 2MASS J12475664+0945050, PLX 2943, Gaia EDR3 3735000631158990976
External sources
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Searching for star-planet interactions in GJ 486 at radio wavelengths with the uGMRT
Scientific study, Accepted: 26. 11. 2024
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No Thick Atmosphere on the Terrestrial Exoplanet Gl 486b
Scientific study, Accepted: 27. 08. 2024
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Geodynamics of super-Earth GJ 486b
Scientific study, Accepted: 20. 08. 2024
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High Tide or Rip-Tide on the Cosmic Shoreline? A Water-Rich Atmosphere or Stellar Contamination for the Warm Super-Earth GJ 486b from JWST Observations
Scientific study, Accepted: 10. 04. 2023
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Simbad database (Wolf 437)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 3735000631158990976)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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TESS database (TOI 1827.01)
Archive from the TESS mission
Class of stars Red dwarf
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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.
News from this star system
calendar icon19. 05 2021
tag iconExoplanets
Article image:

Exoplanet orbiting nearby star Gliese 486 could be a perfect candidate for atmosphere study

Astronomers identified new exoplanet around a star 26 light years away. Usually new exoplanets are found with a transit method or with radial velocity. In this case, the planet was observed via both methods, which gave astronomers information about both mass and size.

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