Ross 128

Measured

Distance

11 light-years

Constellation

Virgo

Position (J2000)

RA 11h 47m 45s, Dec +0.80°

How far, from the Sun

11 light-years. To cross it:

• Light11 years
• Voyager 1's speed196,000 years
• Driving at 100 km/h119 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 dM4 (SIMBAD).
• At magnitude 11.15 (V) it is too faint to see with the naked eye.

How it was found

• Its planet Ross 128 b, found in 2017, orbits every 9.9 days.

Where this comes from

• Gaia DR3 parallax 296.3053 ± 0.0302 mas, Gaia DR3 3796072592206250624 (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).

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