GJ 9827 c

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting GJ 9827.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 1.1 times Earth's width.
Mass
About 1.9 times Earth's mass.
Temperature
About 443 °C (829 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Year
A year here lasts about 3.6 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
1.13 × Earth
Mass
1.86 × Earth
Density
7.142 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature
715.9 K
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
3.648 days
Average distance from its star
0.0395 AU

Star

Host star
GJ 9827
Spectral class
K — orange dwarf
Surface temperature
4,236 K
Radius
0.58 × Sun
Mass
0.62 × Sun
Age
5.465 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
96.74 light-years (29.66 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
3

Discovery

Year
2017
Method
Transit
Facility
K2

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