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Star Teegardens star

Red dwarf Teegardens star is located 12 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M7 V, that has 10 % of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.
Sun distance
12 light years

Teegardens star

Spectral class: M7 V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 2h 53m 4.715s
Declination iconDeclination: 16° 51' 51.746'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 260.988
Distance iconSun distance: 12.497 ly | 3.8 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 9.7 % M Sun | 102 M Jupiter
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Size: 12 % R Sun | 1.2 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3034 K | 0.53 T Sun
time iconAge: 8 billions years | 1.74 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.00073 L Sun

Photometry

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

Teegardens star system structure

Teegardens star
Teegardens star b 0.03 AU 1.1 M 4.9 days
Teegardens star c 0.04 AU 1.1 M 11.4 days
Teegardens star d 0.08 AU 0.8 M 26.1 days
More about Teegardens star
Nearby star Teegardens star is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 10 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3034 K (2761 °C), which is about 53 % of Sun's temperature.
       Teegardens star 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
SO J025300.5+165258, 2MASS J02530084+1652532, LSPM J0253+1652, FBS L 14-17, GAT 1370, APM EO0425-0315372, FBS 0250+167, SO J025300.5+165258, USNO-A2.0 1050-00774305, USNO-B1.0 1068-00028941, Gaia EDR3 35227046884571776
External sources
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 35227046884571776)
Archive from the Gaia 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

Two new exoplanets discovered around nearby Teegarden's star

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