GJ 1002
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GJ 1002, also known as LHS 2, is a red dwarf star 15.8 light-years away in Cetus. Too faint for naked-eye observation at magnitude 13.8, it hosts two exoplanets discovered in 2022 via radial velocity. Both planets have minimum masses near Earth's and orbit within the habitable zone.
Quick Facts
- Distance
- 15.8 ly
- Spectral type
- M5.5V
- Temperature
- 3024 K
- Number of planets
- 2
- Discovery method
- radial velocity
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- Wikipedia: GJ 1002 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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