Wolf 1061d

Wolf 1061 d
Exoplanet List of exoplanets
Parent star
Star Wolf 1061
Constellation Ophiuchus
Right ascension (α) 16h 30m 18.1s
Declination (δ) –12° 39′ 45″
Distance13.8 ly
(4.29 pc)
Spectral type M3 V
Orbital elements
Semi-major axis(a) 0.035509 (± 7e-06)[1] AU
Eccentricity (e) 0
Orbital period(P) 67.274 d
Physical characteristics
Mass(m)≥5.21[2] M⊕
Radius(r)≥2.04[2] R⊕
Stellar flux(F⊙)0.19[3] ⊕
Discovery information
Discovery date December 18, 2015
Discoverer(s) University of New South Wales, Australia
Discovery method Radial Velocity
Discovery site European Southern Observatory
Discovery status Submitted

Wolf 1061d or WL 1061d is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Wolf 1061 in the Ophiuchus constellation, about 13.8 light years from Earth . It is the third and furthest planet in order from its host star in a triple planetary system, and has an orbital period of about 67 days.

Habitability

Although the low stellar flux, the presence of additional greenhouse gases like Methane or even Hydrogen gas might make Wolf 1061d marginally habitable. But due to the high probability of Wolf 1061d being a mini-Neptune combined with questionable prospects of being habitable for Earth-like life in the conventional sense makes this exoplanet a poor candidate for being “potentially habitable”.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wolf 1061 d". Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  2. 1 2 "Three planets orbiting Wolf 1061" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  3. 1 2 "Planet reality check". Retrieved 2015-12-20.


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