GJ 1002 c
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting GJ 1002.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 1.4 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About -91 °C (-133 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 26% of the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 21 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 1.36 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 181.7 K
- Starlight received
- 0.257 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 21.2 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0738 AU
Star
- Host star
- GJ 1002
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,024 K
- Radius
- 0.137 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.12 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 15.81 light-years (4.849 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2022
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Multiple Observatories
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.