Wolf 1061 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Wolf 1061.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 1.9 times Earth's mass.
- Starlight
- About 7.3 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 1.91 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- 7.34 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 4.887 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0375 AU
Star
- Host star
- Wolf 1061
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,342 K
- Radius
- 0.307 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.294 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 14.04 light-years (4.306 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 3
Discovery
- Year
- 2015
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- La Silla Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.