Gliese 667 Cc
A super-Earth in the habitable zone of a red dwarf in a triple-star system.
Gliese 667 Cc is a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of the red dwarf Gliese 667 C, part of the Gliese 667 triple-star system about 23.6 light-years away in Scorpius. It was found with the radial velocity method and is sometimes called the first confirmed potentially habitable exoplanet.
It has a minimum mass of about 3.7 Earth masses and an estimated equilibrium temperature of 277 K.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Super-Earth
- Host
- Gliese 667 C
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Distance
- ~23.6 light-years
- Minimum mass
- ~3.7 Earth masses
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