GJ 1061#GJ 1061 c

{{Short description|Red dwarf star in the constellation Horologium}}

{{Starbox begin

| name=GJ 1061

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{{Starbox image

|image={{Location map|100x100|AlternativeMap=Horologium_constellation_map.svg

|alt=GJ 1061 is located in the constellation Horologium.

|caption=Location of GJ 1061 in the constellation Horologium|border=infobox|mark=Red_pog.png|width=285

|label=GJ 1061

|position=bottom

|lat=73.2

|long=38.6

}}|caption=

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{{Starbox observe

| epoch=J2000

| constell=Horologium

| ra={{RA|03|35|59.69916}}

| dec={{DEC|−44|30|45.7308}}

| appmag_v=13.03

}}

{{Starbox character

| class=M5.5 V

| appmag_1_passband = J

| appmag_1 = {{val|7.52|0.02}}

| b-v=1.90

| u-b=1.52

| variable=

}}

{{Starbox astrometry

| radial_v = {{val|1.49|0.23}}

| prop_mo_ra = {{val|745.654}}

| prop_mo_dec = {{val|-373.323}}

| pm_footnote =

| parallax = 272.1615

| p_error = 0.0316

| parallax_footnote =

| absmag_v = 15.26

}}

{{Starbox detail

| mass = {{Val|0.125|0.003}}

| radius = {{Val|0.152|0.007}}

| luminosity_bolometric = 0.001641{{±|0.000037}}

| luminosity_visual = 0.00007{{efn|Taking the absolute visual magnitude of GJ 1061, $\scriptstyle M_{V_{\ast}} = 15.26$ , and the absolute visual magnitude of the Sun, $\scriptstyle M_{V_{\odot}} = 4.83$ , the visual luminosity of GJ 1061 can therefore be calculated: $\scriptstyle \frac{L_{V_{\ast}}}{L_{V_{\odot}}} = 10^{0.4\left(M_{V_{\odot}} - M_{V_{\ast}}\right)} = 6.73\times10^{-5}$ }}

| temperature = {{Val|2977|72|69|fmt=commas}}

| metal_fe = {{Val|−0.03|0.09}}

| rotation = {{val|p=~|125|ul=d}}

| rotational_velocity = <2.5

| age_gyr = {{Val|7.0|0.5|p=>}}

}}

{{Starbox catalog

| names = {{odlist | GJ=1061 | L=372-58 | LFT=295 | LHS=1565 | LP=995-46 | LTT=1702}}

}}

{{Starbox reference

| Simbad = GJ+1061

| NSTED = GJ-1061

}}

GJ 1061 is a red dwarf star located {{convert|12|ly|pc|lk=on|abbr=off}} from Earth in the southern constellation of Horologium. Even though it is a relatively nearby star, it has an apparent visual magnitude of about 13, so it can only be seen with at least a moderately-sized telescope.

This star is a tiny, dim, red dwarf, close to the lower mass limit. It has an estimated mass of about 12.5% that of the Sun and is only about 0.2% as luminous. It is an old, slowly-rotating star, with an age of at least 7 billion years and a rotation period of about 125 days. The star displays no significant infrared excess due to circumstellar dust. It hosts a system of three known exoplanets.

History of observations

The proper motion of GJ 1061 has been known since 1974, but it was estimated to be further away: approximately {{convert|25|ly|pc|abbr=off}} distant based upon an estimated parallax of 0.130″. The RECONS accurately determined its distance in 1997. At that time, it was the 20th-nearest known star system to the Sun. The discovery team noted that many more stars like this are likely to be discovered nearby.

Planetary system

On August 13, 2019, a system of three planets was announced orbiting the star GJ 1061 by the Red Dots project for detecting terrestrial planets around nearby red dwarf stars. Since the planets were detected by the radial velocity method, initially only their minimum masses were known. Further observations allowed the true masses to be determined based on gravitational interactions between the planets.{{efn|This was previously done for the Gliese 876 and Gliese 581 systems.}} All three planets are less than twice the mass of Earth, and so are likely to be rocky planets.

The planet GJ 1061 d orbits in the conservative habitable zone of its star, and the planet GJ 1061 c orbits near the inner edge of the habitable zone. {{As of|2025}}, they are the third- and fourth-nearest known terrestrial exoplanets in the habitable zone, after Proxima Centauri b and Ross 128 b. GJ 1061 is a non-variable star that does not suffer flares, so there is a greater probability that the exoplanets still conserve their atmospheres if they had them.{{Cite web|last=Starr|first=Michelle|title=Three Rocky Exoplanets Have Been Found Orbiting a Star Just 12 Light-Years Away|url=https://www.sciencealert.com/three-rocky-exoplanets-have-been-found-orbiting-a-star-just-12-light-years-away|access-date=2020-10-07|website=ScienceAlert|date=27 August 2019 |language=en-gb}}

{{OrbitboxPlanet begin

| table_ref = {{efn|Data taken from "coplanar, Model D5" solution in Table 4.}}

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{{OrbitboxPlanet

| exoplanet = b

| mass_earth = {{val|1.11|0.11|0.09}}

| period = {{val|3.2073|0.0002|0.0003}}

| semimajor = {{val|0.0210|0.0006}}

| eccentricity = {{val|0.05|0.5|0.03}}

| inclination = ~77

}}

{{OrbitboxPlanet

| exoplanet = c

| mass_earth = {{val|1.81|0.13|0.11}}

| period = {{val|6.6821|0.0008}}

| semimajor = {{val|0.0342|0.0009|0.0010}}

| eccentricity = {{val|0.02|0.03|0.02}}

| inclination = ~77

}}

{{OrbitboxPlanet

| exoplanet = d

| mass_earth = {{val|1.67|0.17|0.16}}

| period = {{val|13.066|0.002}}

| semimajor = {{val|0.054|0.002}}

| eccentricity = {{val|0.04|0.04|0.03}}

| inclination = ~77

}}

=GJ 1061 c=

GJ 1061 c is a potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting within the limits of the optimistically defined habitable zone of its red dwarf parent star.{{Cite web|url=https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/7592/gj-1061-c/|title=Exoplanet-catalog|website=Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System|date=6 March 2020 |access-date=2020-03-31}}

GJ 1061 c is about 81% more massive than the Earth. The planet receives 35% more stellar flux than Earth and has an equilibrium temperature of {{convert|275|K|C F}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/trio-super-earths-red-dwarf-gliese-1061-07555.html|title=Trio of Super-Earths Found Orbiting Red Dwarf Gliese 1061 {{!}} Astronomy {{!}} Sci-News.com|website=Breaking Science News {{!}} Sci-News.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-31}} Should the atmosphere be of a similar compostion to Earth's, the average temperature of the surface would be warmer, at around {{convert|34|C|K F}}.

GJ 1061 c orbits its parent star very closely, every 6.7 days at a distance of just 0.035 au, so it is probably tidally locked and in synchronous rotation with its star.

=GJ 1061 d=

GJ 1061 d is a potentially habitable exoplanet largely orbiting within the limits of the conservatively defined habitable zone of its parent red dwarf star.{{Cite web|title=The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog - Planetary Habitability Laboratory @ UPR Arecibo|url=http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog|access-date=2020-03-31|website=phl.upr.edu}}{{Cite web|title=GJ 1061 d|url=https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/DisplayOverview/nph-DisplayOverview?objname=GJ%201061%20d&type=CONFIRMED_PLANET|access-date=2020-10-07|website=exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu}}

The exoplanet is about 67% more massive than the Earth. The planet receives about 40% less stellar flux than Earth and has an estimated equilibrium temperature of {{convert|218|K|C F}}. The average temperature on the surface would be colder than Earth's and at around {{convert|250|K|C F}}, provided the atmosphere is similar to that of Earth.

GJ 1061 d orbits its star every 13 days, and due to its close-in semi-major axis, it is likely that the exoplanet is tidally locked.{{Cite web|title=Exoplanet-catalog|url=https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/7593/gj-1061-d/|access-date=2020-10-07|website=Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System|date=6 March 2020 }} However, if the planet's orbit is confirmed to be highly eccentric then this eccentricity could be desynchronising it, enabling the existence of non-synchronised states of equilibrium in its rotation, relative to which side of the planet is facing the star, and thereby it will experience a day/night cycle.{{cite journal|last1=Auclair-Desrotour|first1=P.|last2=Leconte|first2=J.|last3=Bolmont|first3=E.|last4=Mathis|first4=S.|display-authors=1|title=Final spin states of eccentric ocean planets|journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics| publisher=EDP Sciences|volume=629|year=2019|issn=0004-6361|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201935905 |doi-access=free| page=A132|arxiv=1907.06451 |bibcode=2019A&A...629A.132A |quote=While the semidiurnal tide drives the body towards the spin-orbit synchronous rotation, eccentricity tides tend to desynchronise it, and thereby enable the existence of non-synchronised states of equilibrium.}}

Another solution for this planet gives it a slightly shorter period of 12.4 days and a slightly smaller minimum mass of {{Earth mass|sym=y|1.53}}.

Notes

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