GJ 480 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting GJ 480.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 8.8 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 133 °C (271 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 9.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 8.8 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 406 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 9.554 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.068 AU
Star
- Host star
- GJ 480
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,509 K
- Radius
- 0.449 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.45 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 46.43 light-years (14.24 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2020
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Multiple Observatories
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.