Nearby star
GJ 1002
Also G 158-27
A red dwarf — a small, cool star far fainter than the Sun — one of the Sun's neighbours within 20 light-years.
Measured
- Distance
- 16 light-years
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Position (J2000)
- RA 0h 06m 43s, Dec −7.54°
How far, from the Sun
15.8 light-years. To cross it:
- Light15.8 years
- Voyager 1's speed281,000 years
- Driving at 100 km/h171 million years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- Spectral type M5.5V (SIMBAD).
- At magnitude 13.84 (V) it is too faint to see with the naked eye.
How it was found
- It has two known Earth-mass planets in its habitable zone, found in 2022.
Where this comes from
- Gaia DR3 parallax 206.3500 ± 0.0474 mas, Gaia DR3 2441630500517079808 (Gaia Collaboration 2023, A&A 674, A1)
- This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
- This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).
Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.