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CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Neptune-like

GJ 9689 b

GJ 9689 b orbits the star GJ 9689, 99.9 light-years from Earth. It completes an orbit in 18.27 Earth days.

DISCOVERED 2020 · Radial Velocity

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GJ 9689 b
ORBITAL VISUALISATION
Neptune-likePlanet type

Size-based classification; composition may be uncertain.

3.07 × Earth’s radiusSize

Around 207% wider than Earth.

18.27 daysYear length

Time to complete one orbit.

99.9 light-yearsDistance

Its light travels for roughly 100 years to reach us.

2020Discovered

Radial Velocity

Overview

GJ 9689 b is one of the confirmed worlds in the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Recorded as discovered in 2020. The credited discovery facility is Roque de los Muchachos 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 3.07 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 9.65 Earth masses (Msini). Radius: 3.07 Earth radii.

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

Orbit & year

A year here lasts 18.27 Earth days. Its recorded semi-major axis is 0.114 AU. One AU is roughly the Earth–Sun distance.

Eccentricity: 0.29. Zero describes a circular orbit; increasing values describe more elongated ellipses.

Host star

GJ 9689 · M0.5.

Effective temperature: 3,836 K.

Mass: 0.59 times the Sun’s mass.

Planetary system

1 confirmed planets are stored for this star.

GJ 9689 b · 18.27-day orbit

Discovery

Reported discovery year: 2020. Method: Radial Velocity. Facility: Roque de los Muchachos 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 453 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

Radius3.07 Earth radii
Mass / minimum mass9.65 Earth masses (Msini)
Orbital period18.27 Earth days
Semi-major axis0.1139 AU
Eccentricity0.29
Equilibrium temperature453.04 K · estimated, not surface temperature
Host star temperature3,836 K
Host star mass0.59 Solar masses
Host star radius0.57 Solar radii
Distance30.6203 parsecs
Discovery year2,020
Discovery methodRadial Velocity
Discovery facilityRoque de los Muchachos Observatory
Discovery publication2021-07
Stellar spectral typeM0.5

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+1.41 / -1.41Maldonado et al. 2021
Orbital period+0.01 / -0.01Maldonado et al. 2021
Equilibrium temperature+39.15 / -39.16Maldonado et al. 2021

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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