GJ 887 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting GJ 887.

Compared with Earth

Mass
About 3.9 times Earth's mass.
Temperature
About 153 °C (307 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Starlight
About 7.8 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
Year
A year here lasts about 9.3 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
Unknown
Mass
3.9 × Earth
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
426 K
Starlight received
7.8 × Earth
Orbital period
9.262 days
Average distance from its star
0.0683 AU

Star

Host star
GJ 887
Spectral class
M — red dwarf
Surface temperature
3,688 K
Radius
0.468 × Sun
Mass
0.495 × Sun
Age
2.9 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
10.72 light-years (3.287 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
4

Discovery

Year
2020
Method
Radial Velocity
Facility
La Silla Observatory

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.