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CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Rocky-size

GJ 273 c

GJ 273 c orbits the star GJ 273, 19.3 light-years from Earth. It completes an orbit in 4.723 Earth days.

DISCOVERED 2017 · Radial Velocity

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GJ 273 c
ORBITAL VISUALISATION
Rocky-sizePlanet type

Size-based classification; composition may be uncertain.

1.06 × Earth’s radiusSize

Around 6% wider than Earth.

4.723 daysYear length

Time to complete one orbit.

19.3 light-yearsDistance

Its light travels for roughly 19 years to reach us.

2017Discovered

Radial Velocity

Overview

GJ 273 c is one of the confirmed worlds in the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Recorded as discovered in 2017. The credited discovery facility is La Silla Observatory. Its Radial Velocity evidence gives us a way to study a planet that is usually too faint to see directly.

Its recorded radius is 1.06 times Earth's radius. Size is useful for comparison, but it cannot establish surface conditions by itself.

The planet

The archive lists a mass or minimum-mass value of 1.18 Earth masses (Msini). Radius: 1.06 Earth radii.

Mass and radius constrain possible interiors; multiple compositions can fit a given set of measurements.

Orbit & year

A year here lasts 4.723 Earth days. Its recorded semi-major axis is 0.036 AU. One AU is roughly the Earth–Sun distance.

Eccentricity: 0.17. Zero describes a circular orbit; increasing values describe more elongated ellipses.

Host star

GJ 273 · M3.5.

Effective temperature: 3,382 K.

Mass: 0.29 times the Sun’s mass.

Planetary system

2 confirmed planets are stored for this star.

GJ 273 c · 4.723-day orbit

GJ 273 b · 18.65-day orbit

Discovery

Reported discovery year: 2017. Method: Radial Velocity. Facility: La Silla Observatory.

First stored in this atlas: 04/10/2026. This is an ingestion date, not a confirmation date.

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Potential habitability

The data here does not establish habitability, liquid water, or life. An appropriate atmosphere and many other conditions would be needed.

The listed equilibrium temperature is 462 K. This is an estimated energy-balance temperature, not a measured surface temperature.

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What do we actually know?

Observed

The underlying light, motion or timing signal. Usually not a photograph of the planet.

Measured

Parameters derived from observations, with instrument and model uncertainty.

Calculated

Our light-year conversion and browsing class are calculated from archive values.

Estimated

Equilibrium temperature is an energy-balance estimate, not surface weather.

Inferred

Possible composition depends on models and may not be unique.

Unknown

Surface conditions and the presence of life are not established here.

Measured signals are interpreted through models. The archive’s composite table combines published values and may include calculated estimates. Values do not necessarily form one self-consistent solution.

Radius and mass can be estimated or inferred, orbital period comes from recurring observations, and size classification is calculated by this site. Atmospheric and surface conditions remain unknown unless established by specific observations.

Consult the archive for individual parameter references and uncertainty intervals before scientific use.

Scientific data

Radius1.06 Earth radii
Mass / minimum mass1.18 Earth masses (Msini)
Orbital period4.7234 Earth days
Semi-major axis0.03647 AU
Eccentricity0.17
Equilibrium temperature462.26 K · estimated, not surface temperature
Host star temperature3,382 K
Host star mass0.29 Solar masses
Host star radius0.293 Solar radii
Distance5.92154 parsecs
Discovery year2,017
Discovery methodRadial Velocity
Discovery facilityLa Silla Observatory
Discovery publication2017-06
Stellar spectral typeM3.5

Uncertainties and parameter provenance

Archive uncertainty ranges and published references, where available. A missing uncertainty does not imply an exact value.

ParameterUncertainty / source
RadiusUpper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableCalculated Value
Mass / minimum mass+0.16 / -0.16Astudillo-Defru et al. 2017
Orbital period+0.0004 / -0.0004Astudillo-Defru et al. 2017
Equilibrium temperature+22.33 / -22.33Calculated Value

Sources

NASA Exoplanet Archive · Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (PSCompPars).

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Last changed in this atlas: 04/10/2026, 11:39:41. Read our methodology.

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