About GJ 4274 c
GJ 4274 c is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 23.6 light-years from Earth, has an equilibrium temperature near 157 K, spans roughly 2.83 Earth radii and weighs about 8.39 Earth masses.
One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.
Uncommon exoplanet 28 EP
GJ 4274 c
RA 335.7805° · Dec -17.6104° · exoplanet
Score breakdown
· 4 badgesUncommon 33 pts → Rare
- Nearby (<25 ly) +12
- Multi-planet system +6
- Confirmed exoplanet +5
- Sub-Neptune +5
Total score 28
5 more points to reach Rare.
Badges
- Confirmed exoplanet · +5
- Sub-Neptune · +5
- 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. ≈ 414.7 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
- Fastest probe ever. ≈ 36.8 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
- At 10% light speed. ≈ 236 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
- Distance. 23.6 light-years from Earth.
Look-back time
- Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 2002.
Saying hello
- Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 47.2 years round-trip.
Standing on it
- A year here. A full year lasts just 69.6 Earth days.
By the numbers
- Size. About 2.8× the width of Earth.
- Volume. About 22.7 Earths could fit inside it.
- Mass. About 8.4× the mass of Earth.
- Your weight. You'd weigh about 1.0× your Earth weight standing here.
- Temperature. A frigid -116°C — colder than dry ice.
How we found it
- Discovery. Found by Mauna Kea Observatory using the radial velocity method.
Cosmic context
- Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.
Properties
- density gcc
- 2.03
- discovery facility
- Mauna Kea Observatory
- discovery method
- Radial Velocity
- dist ly
- 23.5992
- eq temp k
- 157.32
- insolation
- 0.1
- mass earth
- 8.39
- name
- GJ 4274 c
- orbital period days
- 69.57
- radius earth
- 2.83
- sys num planets
- 2
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, GJ 4274 c 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 GJ 4274 c is an uncommon exoplanet
GJ 4274 c scores 28 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Sub-Neptune, 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.