Location of Gliese 682 in the constellation Scorpius | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox | |
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Constellation | Scorpius |
Right ascension | 17h 37m 03.6655s [1] |
Declination | −44° 19′ 09.166″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.94 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M3.5V [3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | ~12.61 [4] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | ~10.96 [4] |
Apparent magnitude (J) | 6.544 ±0.023 [4] |
Apparent magnitude (H) | 5.917 ±0.038 [4] |
Apparent magnitude (K) | 5.606 ±0.020 [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −34.90±0.30 [1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −705.945±0.035 mas/yr [1] Dec.: −938.080±0.021 mas/yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 199.6944±0.0312 mas [1] |
Distance | 16.333 ± 0.003 ly (5.0077 ± 0.0008 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 12.4 [5] |
Details | |
Mass | 0.27 [3] M☉ |
Radius | 0.30 [2] R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.008118 [3] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.95 [6] cgs |
Temperature | 3,237 [2] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.05±0.09 [6] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 3.42 [7] km/s |
Age | 6.4±4.3 [6] Gyr |
Other designations | |
CD−44 11909, GJ 682, LHS 451, LFT 1358, HIP 86214, PLX 3992. | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | star |
planet b | |
planet c | |
Exoplanet Archive | data |
ARICNS | data |
Gliese 682 or GJ 682 is a red dwarf. It is listed as the 53rd-nearest known star system to the Sun, [8] being 16.3 light years away from the Earth. Even though it is close by, it is dim with a magnitude of 10.95 and thus requires a telescope to be seen. It is located in the constellation of Scorpius, near the bright star Theta Scorpii. [4] The star is in a crowded region of sky near the Galactic Center, and so appears to be near a number of deep-sky objects from the Solar System's perspective. The star is only 0.5 degrees from the much more distant globular cluster NGC 6388.
Companion (in order from star) | Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) | Orbital period (days) | Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b(unconfirmed) | >4.4 M🜨 | 0.08 | 17.48 | 0.08 | — | — |
c(unconfirmed) | >8.7 M🜨 | 0.18 | 57.32 | 0.10 | — | — |
Two candidate planets were detected orbiting Gliese 682 in 2014, one of which would be in the habitable zone. [9] [10] However, a 2020 study did not find these planets and concluded that the radial velocity signals were probably caused by stellar activity. [11]