Imaginary Picture of GJ 3138 d

Display orbital revolution of GJ 3138 d around the hoststar GJ 3138
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Exoplanet Name : GJ 3138 d
Alternate Name :
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1987 (Rjup) 2.2278 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0330 (Mjup) 10.4920 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.6980 (AU) 0.6980 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.3200
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.7058
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 257.80 (Days Obs.) 258.11 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 2.1141
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 120.1 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 147.8 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 138.8 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 112.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 175.7 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 165.0 (K)
Size Class: sub-Neptune-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Radial Velocity
Mass Detection : Radial Velocity
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : GJ 3138
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 92.9
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.5 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.7 (Msun Measured) 0.7 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.0 (GY)
Temperature : 3717 (K)
Spectral type : M0
UV portion[%]: 0.3
Visible portion[%]: 13.3
IR portion[%]: 86.4
Metalicity : -0.3
Absolute Magnitude: 8.7
Apparent Magnitude: 11.0
Right Ascension(RA) 32.2954
Declination (DEC) -16.3396
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
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SIMBAD LINK https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=GJ+3138&submit=SIMBAD+search
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GJ 3138 d
GJ 3138 d

  • GJ 3138 d is an exoplanet orbiting the star GJ 3138, located about 92.9 light-years (28.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2017.
  • The host star GJ 3138 has apparent magnitude of 11.0, with absolute magnitude of 8.7.
  • It is 0.7 times more massive and 0.5 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 3717 with its spectral types of M0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet GJ 3138 d orbits around the star GJ 3138 every 257.8 days with its orbital distance of 0.70 AU ( 104419313.7 km)
  • (Projected orbit of GJ 3138 d around its host star GJ 3138)


  • The Star GJ 3138 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.150 AU ( 22387893.8 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.207 AU ( 30945920.0 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.315 AU ( 47154733.7 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.464 AU ( 69390256.3 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of GJ 3138 d : 120.12 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star GJ 3138)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star GJ 3138 distance : 0.169 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star GJ 3138 distance : 0.213 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star GJ 3138 distance : 0.206 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star GJ 3138 distance : 0.227 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star GJ 3138 distance : 0.411 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star GJ 3138 distance : 0.433 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star GJ 3138)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star GJ 3138 distance : 0.167 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star GJ 3138 distance : 0.221 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star GJ 3138 distance : 0.221 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star GJ 3138 distance : 0.417 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star GJ 3138 distance : 0.434 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star GJ 3138)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star GJ 3138 and its Exoplanet GJ 3138 d)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star GJ 3138 and its Exoplanet GJ 3138 d (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star GJ 3138*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102