About Wolf 1061 b
Wolf 1061 b is a rare exoplanet. It lies about 14 light-years from Earth, has an equilibrium temperature near 461 K, spans roughly 1.21 Earth radii and weighs about 1.91 Earth masses.
One of at least 3 planets orbiting its star.
Rare exoplanet 39 EP
Wolf 1061 b
RA 247.5748° · Dec -12.6677° · exoplanet
Score breakdown
· 4 badgesRare 46 pts → Epic
- Earth-sized +16
- Nearby (<25 ly) +12
- Multi-planet system +6
- Confirmed exoplanet +5
Total score 39
7 more points to reach Epic.
Badges
- Confirmed exoplanet · +5
- Earth-sized · +16
- Multi-planet system · +6
- Nearby (<25 ly) · +12
Trivia
Could we get there?
- Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.
Getting there
- Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 246.8 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
- Fastest probe ever. ≈ 21.9 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
- At 10% light speed. ≈ 140 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
- Distance. 14 light-years from Earth.
Look-back time
- Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 2012.
Saying hello
- Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 28.1 years round-trip.
Standing on it
- A year here. A full year lasts just 4.9 Earth days.
By the numbers
- Size. About 1.2× the width of Earth.
- Mass. About 1.9× the mass of Earth.
- Your weight. You'd weigh about 1.3× your Earth weight standing here.
- Temperature. A scorching 188°C on average.
How we found it
- Discovery. Found by La Silla Observatory using the radial velocity method.
Cosmic context
- Crowded system. One of at least 3 planets orbiting its star.
Properties
- density gcc
- 5.92
- discovery facility
- La Silla Observatory
- discovery method
- Radial Velocity
- dist ly
- 14.044
- eccentricity
- 0.15
- eq temp k
- 461.1
- insolation
- 7.34
- mass earth
- 1.91
- name
- Wolf 1061 b
- orbital period days
- 4.8869
- radius earth
- 1.21
- sys num planets
- 3
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, Wolf 1061 b is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why Wolf 1061 b is a rare exoplanet
Wolf 1061 b scores 39 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Earth-sized, Multi-planet system and Nearby (<25 ly) — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.