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Wolf 1069

Wolf 1069 is a red dwarf star located 31.2 light-


years (9.6 parsecs) away from the Solar System Wolf 1069
in the constellation of Cygnus. The star has 17%
the mass and 18% the radius of the Sun, a
temperature of 3,158 K (2,885 °C; 5,225 °F),
and a slow rotation period of 150–170 days. It
hosts one known exoplanet called Wolf 1069 b
which could possibly sustain life.[4]

Planetary system
A planetary companion to Wolf 1069 was
discovered in 2023 via radial velocity. It has a
minimum mass close to that of Earth and orbits
within the habitable zone of its star, with an SDSS image of Wolf 1069
orbital period of 15 days. This planet does not Observation data
transit its host star. Observations have ruled out Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
any additional planets greater than one Earth
Constellation Cygnus[1]
mass with orbital periods of less than 10 days.[4]
Right ascension 20h 26m 05.30213s[2]
As of its discovery, Wolf 1069 b is the sixth-
Declination +58° 34′ 22.6804″[2]
closest known Earth-mass planet within the
conservatively-defined habitable zone, after Apparent magnitude (V) 14.2[3]
Proxima Centauri b, GJ 1061 d, Teegarden's Star Characteristics
c, and GJ 1002 b & c.[4] Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type M5.0V[4]
Apparent magnitude (G) 12.352 ± 0.003[2]
Apparent magnitude (J) 9.029 ± 0.039[5]
Apparent magnitude (H) 8.483 ± 0.073[5]
Apparent magnitude (K) 8.095 ± 0.021[5]
Astrometry

Radial velocity (Rv) −60.26 ± 0.54[2] km/s


Proper motion (μ) RA: 261.038 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: 542.906 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π) 104.4415 ± 0.0261 mas[2]
Distance 31.229 ± 0.008 ly
(9.575 ± 0.002 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV) 14.3[3]

Details[4]
Mass 0.167 ± 0.011 M☉
Radius 0.1813 ± 0.0063 R☉
Luminosity (bolometric) 0.002 944 ± 0.000 028 L☉
Habitable zone inner 0.056 AU
limit
Habitable zone outer 0.111 AU
limit
Surface gravity (log g) 4.93 ± 0.06 cgs
Temperature 3158 ± 54 K
Metallicity [Fe/H] 0.07 ± 0.19 dex
Rotation 150–170 days
Rotational velocity <2 km/s
(v sin i)

Other designations
GJ 1253, Ci 20 1209, G 230-40,
LFT 1550, LHS 3549,
LSPM J2026+5834, LTT 15977,
NLTT 49289, PLX 4870.01,
PM J20260+5834, Wolf 1069,
TIC 352617553,
2MASS J20260528+5834224[5]
Database references
SIMBAD data (https://simbad.cds.
unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?I
dent=Wolf+1069)

The Wolf 1069 planetary system[4]


Companion Semimajor Orbital
(in order Mass axis period Eccentricity Inclination Radius
from star) (AU) (days)

b ≥1.26 ± 0.21 M🜨 0.0672 ± 0.0014 15.564 ± 0.015 — — ~1.08[note 1] R🜨

Notes
1. The radius of this planet has not been measured; this value is an estimate.

References
1. "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates" (http://djm.cc/constellation.h
tml). djm.cc. 2 August 2008.
2. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the
content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211 (http
s://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00211). Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/a
bs/2023A&A...674A...1G). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 (https://doi.org/10.1051%2F00
04-6361%2F202243940). S2CID 244398875 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:2443
98875). Gaia DR3 record for this source (https://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-S?Gaia%20
DR3%202188318517720321664) at VizieR.
3. Houdebine, Éric R.; Mullan, D. J.; Doyle, J. G.; de la Vieuville, Geoffroy; Butler, C. J.; Paletou,
F. (2019). "The Mass-Activity Relationships in M and K Dwarfs. I. Stellar Parameters of Our
Sample of M and K Dwarfs". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (2): 56. arXiv:1905.07921 (http
s://arxiv.org/abs/1905.07921). Bibcode:2019AJ....158...56H (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/ab
s/2019AJ....158...56H). doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab23fe (https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-388
1%2Fab23fe). S2CID 159041104 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:159041104).
4. Kossakowski, D.; Kürster, M.; et al. (January 2023). "The CARMENES search for exoplanets
around M dwarfs, Wolf 1069 b: Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of a nearby, very low-
mass star". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 670: A84. arXiv:2301.02477 (https://arxiv.org/abs/230
1.02477). Bibcode:2023A&A...670A..84K (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023A&A...670
A..84K). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202245322 (https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%2F202
245322).
5. "Wolf 1069" (http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Wolf+1069). SIMBAD. Centre
de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

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